cupola

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈkjuːpələ/    美 /ˈkjuːpələ/|/ˈkupələ/|/ˈkjupəloʊ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.
    — the light falling dimly through the foggy cupola.
  2. A small turret, usually on a hatch of an armoured fighting vehicle.
  3. An upward-projecting mass of plutonic rock extending from a larger batholith.
  4. A solid formed by joining two polygons, one (the base) with twice as many edges as the other, by an alternating band of isosceles triangles and rectangles.
  5. A type of furnace used for smelting.
    — The cupola has a small cylindrical chimney-like bore that is lined with a refractory material.
  6. A small cap over a structure that is shaped like a dome or inverted cup.
    — the posterior cupola of the cartilaginous nasal capsule
  7. a small viewing window in the top of the caboose for looking over the train, or the part of the caboose where one looks through this window. Canada,dated
  8. A body of members of the Sicilian Mafia who make decisions and settle disputes.

词形变化

cupolas plural cupolae plural

词汇关系

衍生词
bicupola cupolaed cupolar

词源

Borrowed from Italian cupola, from Latin cūpula (“little tub”); from Latin cūpa, cuppa (“cup”); named for its resemblance to a cup turned over. Doublet of cupula.
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