velarium

/vuh-lair-ee-uhm/US // vəˈlɛər i əm //UK // (vɪˈlɛərɪəm) //

天鹅堡,天鹅绒馆,天鹅绒,天鹅绒服

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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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.

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.