pentagon

英 [ˈpentəɡən]

美 [ˈpentəɡɑːn]

n.  五边形; 五角形; 五角大楼(指美国国防部)

复数：pentagons　

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Collins.2 / BNC.16353 / COCA.9191

牛津词典

noun

• 五边形；五角形
  a flat shape with five straight sides and five angles
• 五角大楼（指美国国防部）
  the building near Washington DC that is the headquarters of the US Department of Defence and the military leaders
  1. a spokesman for the Pentagon
     美国国防部发言人

柯林斯词典

• 五边形；五角形
  Apentagonis a shape with five sides.

英英释义

noun

• a five-sided polygon

双语例句

• The space shuttle undertook a topsecret mission with a military payload under Pentagon control.
  航天飞机执行一项绝密使命，使军用酬载由五角大楼控制。
• This cause had deadly adherents before the attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Centre in2001.
  此想法在2001年撞击五角大楼和世贸中心前有亡命之徒般的追随者。
• A group of people made a circle around the Pentagon.
  一群人在五角大楼四周围成一圈。
• A third plane hit the Pentagon, the Defense Department headquarters outside Washington.
  第三架飞机撞向了位于在华盛顿郊外的国防部总部，五角大楼。
• He'll be overseeing all things related to earths defence on behalf of the Pentagon and washington.
  他将代表五角大楼和白宫监督与地球相关的所有防务。
• No new launch date was announced by the Pentagon.
  五角大楼没有宣布新的发射日期。
• He was lunched and dined by Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton, the Secretary of state, and called on the Pentagon, the chamber of Commerce and Capitol Hill.
  他和乔拜登以及国务卿希拉里克林顿共进午餐和晚餐，还拜访了五角大楼，商会和国会山。
• I've already been in touch with the pentagon.
  我已经开始跟五角大楼联系了。
• Pentagon spokesman Williams says those talks are coming along quite well
  五角大楼发言人威廉斯说那些会谈进展得相当顺利。
• Rumours of American involvement have been denied by the pentagon.
  五角大楼否认了美国参与其中的传闻。