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
- I bought a charcoal drawing of the cathedral.
我买了一幅绘着大教堂的木炭画。 - The fourteenth century cathedral was reduced to a mass of rubble.
这座14世纪的大教堂变成了一堆瓦砾。 - This is a solemn cathedral.
这是个庄严肃穆的大教堂。 - 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。 - 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 A-frame pylon harmonizes with the tall spires of the adjacent cathedral.
a形塔架同附近教堂的高耸尖塔十分协调。 - 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 prayer vigil is being held in the cathedral in memory of the bishop
为了纪念这位主教，教堂里正在举行守夜祈祷。 - The cathedral was built last century.
这座大教堂是上个世纪建造的。 - There's a cathedral in the town.
镇里有一座大教堂。