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
- The cathedral was built last century.
这座大教堂是上个世纪建造的。 - Notre-Dame Cathedral in Senlis is less famous than its namesake in Paris.
桑利斯的圣母院不如在巴黎与其同名的圣母院有名。 - 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。 - 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。 - After exploring the old part of town there is a guided tour of the cathedral
游览完老城区之后，会由导游带队参观大教堂。 - We visited the magnificent cathedral.
我们参观了宏伟的教堂。 - Including the EiffelTower and Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the most famous churches in the world.
包括埃菲尔铁塔和巴黎圣母院，世界上最著名的教堂之一。 - The cathedral spire was within sight and we knew we only had another few miles to go.
大教堂的尖顶在视线之内了，我们知道只要再走几英里就到了。 - 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。 - 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。