teocalli 的定义
plural te·o·cal·lis [tee-uh-kal-eez, tey-uh-kah-leez; Spanish te-aw-kah-yees]. /ˌti əˈkæl iz, ˌteɪ əˈkɑ liz; Spanish ˌtɛ ɔˈkɑ yis/.
- a ceremonial structure of the Aztecs, consisting of a truncated terraced pyramid supporting a temple.
更多teocalli例句
- The distribution of the Mexican teocalli and pyramid is also plainly traceable from the south.
- Great bonfires shot up from the teocalli, and they could see the savages swarming to overwhelm them.
- As it was, the survivors saw later three score of their comrades butchered upon the altar of the great teocalli.
- He was then conducted to a teocalli some three miles from the city of Mexico.
- Inside these were kept the idols of the gods to whom the teocalli was sacred.