velarium 的定义
plural ve·lar·i·a [vuh-lair-ee-uh]. /vəˈlɛər i ə/. Roman Antiquity.
- an awning drawn over a theater or amphitheater as a protection from rain or the sun.
更多velarium例句
- The velarium, spread over the cypress avenue, was drawn back, and torches were brought.
- The vault, some thirty feet high, formed a sort of azure velarium bordered with long yellow palm-leaves.
- A gigantic purple velarium gave shelter from the rays of the sun.
- The censers were ignited again, and the velarium was removed, for the sun had sunk now considerably.
- He raised his eyes then to the opening of the amphitheatre, over which night had begun to extend its velarium dotted with stars.