cathedral
英 [kəˈθiːdrəl]
美 [kəˈθiːdrəl]
n. 主教座堂; 教区总教堂
复数：cathedrals
Collins.2 / BNC.2894 / COCA.7382
同义词辨析
churchcathedralchapel【导航词义：教堂】
churchn. 教堂
〔辨析〕
普通用词，指基督徒敬拜上帝、举行宗教活动和婚丧仪式等的场所。
〔例证〕
a church tower
教堂塔楼
The dome of the church is under repair.
教堂的圆顶正在修缮。
Their wedding took place in a church.
他们的婚礼是在教堂举行的。
教堂塔楼
The dome of the church is under repair.
教堂的圆顶正在修缮。
Their wedding took place in a church.
他们的婚礼是在教堂举行的。
cathedraln. 大教堂
〔辨析〕
指主教管控下的某一教区内最大的教堂，即主教堂或总教堂，通常装饰精致、宏伟肃穆。
〔例证〕
The Gothic cathedral attracts visitors from all around the world.
那座哥特式大教堂吸引着世界各地的游客。
We were given a guided tour of the cathedral.
我们在导游陪同下参观了大教堂。
那座哥特式大教堂吸引着世界各地的游客。
We were given a guided tour of the cathedral.
我们在导游陪同下参观了大教堂。
chapeln. 小教堂
〔辨析〕
指学校、监狱、私人宅院等中供基督教徒做礼拜用的专门场所。
〔例证〕
He built a chapel as a shrine to the memory of his dead mother.
他建了一座小教堂作为悼念亡母的圣所。
Two men were squatting at the door of the college chapel.
有两个人蹲在学院小教堂的门口。
他建了一座小教堂作为悼念亡母的圣所。
Two men were squatting at the door of the college chapel.
有两个人蹲在学院小教堂的门口。
牛津词典
noun
- 主教座堂；教区总教堂
the main church of a district, under the care of a bishop (= a priest of high rank)- St Paul's Cathedral
圣保罗大教堂 - a cathedral city
有主教座堂的城市
- St Paul's Cathedral
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 大教堂;主教座堂
Acathedralis a very large and important church which has a bishop in charge of it.- ...St. Paul's Cathedral.
圣保罗大教堂 - ...the cathedral city of Canterbury.
有主教座堂的坎特伯雷市
- ...St. Paul's Cathedral.
英英释义
noun
- any large and important church
- the principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese
adj
- relating to or containing or issuing from a bishop's office or throne
- a cathedral church
双语例句
- We will have at any rate in our cathedral a decent, godly, modest morning service.
在咱们的大教堂里，至少要有一种体面的，神圣的，朴实的早礼拜式。 - As Wren's epitaph famously declares, the cathedral itself is his monument.
众所周知，雷恩的墓志铭中写道，大教堂本身就是他的纪念碑。 - The cathedral was eventually completed in 1490, though the Gothic facade remains unfinished
那座大教堂最终于1490年建成，但其哥特式风格的正面一直未能完工。 - A funeral took place last week at Washington's National Cathedral.
上周，华盛顿国家大教堂举办了葬礼。 - This is a solemn cathedral.
这是个庄严肃穆的大教堂。 - The protesters burst through police lines into the cathedral square, shaking clenched fists.
抗议者冲破警方封锁线来到教堂广场上，挥舞着愤怒的拳头。 - Walk down Castle Street and admire our little jewel of a cathedral
沿城堡街走下去，欣赏一下我们美妙绝伦的大教堂。 - Walk down Castle Street, admire our little jewel of a cathedral, then wonder at the castle
沿着城堡街走下去，欣赏我们视若珍宝的教堂，继而叹服于城堡的壮观。 - The dome of St. Paul's Cathedral is well-known in London.
圣保罗教堂的圆顶在伦敦是人人知晓的。 - The Princess of Wales laid the foundation stone for the extension to the Cathedral.
威尔士王妃为大教堂的扩建奠基。