hemicycle.
/hem-i-sahy-kuhl/US // ˈhɛm ɪˌsaɪ kəl //UK // (ˈhɛmɪˌsaɪkəl) //
半轮车,半边天,半边车,半边形车
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Definitions
n.noun · 名词
- 1.
- ›a semicircle.
- ›a semicircular structure.
- ›hemicyclium.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as insemicircle
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Examples
In the hemicycle the committee benches had disappeared; they had run parallel to the sections on the arc of a circle.
The hemicycle became the apse; the gallery, a clerestory; the hall, a central nave.
Above the terrace of the recesses, rose that of the Hemicycle.
In the hemicycle above are the Virgin and Child under a Byzantine canopy with angels and founders on either side.
His greatest work, however, and one which won him much fame, is his well-known Hemicycle in the Beaux Arts (p. 319).
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