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ziggurat

/zig-oo-rat/US // ˈzɪg ʊˌræt //UK // (ˈzɪɡʊˌræt) //

泽格瑞特,泽古拉特

Related Words

hut小屋,小木屋,棚屋house房屋,房子,房子里,房子里的construction建筑,建设,施工,建筑业architecture建筑,建筑学,架构,结构home家,家里,家园,家中cupola冲天炉,圆顶屋,圆顶,冲天炮turret炮塔,炮台,炮楼,炮炮塔spire塔尖,尖塔,尖顶,塔楼minaret尖塔,清真寺,尖顶,清真寺塔fabric织物,布料,织品,布艺edifice大厦,大楼,建筑物,大厦大厦domicile住所,户籍,居留地,居留权framework框架,架构,架子pile一堆,堆积,堆积物,堆erection架设,竖立,勃起,竖起来superstructure上层建筑,上盖,上级建筑,顶端建筑belfry钟楼,钟室,钟点房,钟乳石campanile钟楼,钟楼大厦,钟乳石,钟声

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a temple of Sumerian origin in the form of a pyramidal tower, consisting of a number of stories and having about the outside a broad ascent winding round the structure, presenting the appearance of a series of terraces.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inbuilding
Synonyms
architecture建筑,建筑学,架构,结构construction建筑,建设,施工,建筑业home家,家里,家园,家中house房屋,房子,房子里,房子里的hut小屋,小木屋,棚屋domicile住所,户籍,居留地,居留权edifice大厦,大楼,建筑物,大厦大厦erection架设,竖立,勃起,竖起来fabric织物,布料,织品,布艺framework框架,架构,架子pile一堆,堆积,堆积物,堆superstructure上层建筑,上盖,上级建筑,顶端建筑
as insteeple
Synonyms
cupola冲天炉,圆顶屋,圆顶,冲天炮minaret尖塔,清真寺,尖顶,清真寺塔spire塔尖,尖塔,尖顶,塔楼turret炮塔,炮台,炮楼,炮炮塔belfry钟楼,钟室,钟点房,钟乳石campanile钟楼,钟楼大厦,钟乳石,钟声

Examples

  • Ain Kawa is known as a Christian district, with Ziggurat-style churches dotting the horizon.

  • It rather resembles a group of exaggerated sandhills, rising at one point into a blunt pyramid, the Ziggurat.

  • To his surprise he found the passage he had followed opened perhaps halfway up what must be the great Ziggurat of Beelzebub.

  • The ziggurat was surrounded by an enclosure, some 400 yards square, the ingress and egress to which was by means of bronze gates.

  • The ziggurat at Muḳeyyer60 (Ur) excavated by Taylor similarly appears to have been three-storied, or possibly only two-storied.

  • The inscribed bricks proved that this chamber, like the ziggurat itself was built by Ur-Engur.

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