amphitheatre

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英語[編輯]

An old amphitheatre.
A modern amphitheatre.
Bryce Amphitheater in Utah, a 12 mile (19 km) long, 3 mile (5 km) wide, 800 foot (240 m) deep natural amphitheatre.

詞源[編輯]

源自拉丁語 amphitheatrum,源自古希臘語 ἀμφιθέατρον (amphithéatron)

發音[編輯]

  • Module:Parameters第95行Lua錯誤:Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. 國際音標(幫助)/ˈæmfɪˌθiːətə/, /ˈæmfɪˌθɪətə/, /ˈæmfiˌθiːətə/
  • Module:Parameters第95行Lua錯誤:Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. 國際音標(幫助)/ˈæm.pəˌθi.(j)ə.tɚ/, /ˈæm.fəˌθi.(j)ə.tɚ/[1][2]
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名詞[編輯]

amphitheatre (複數 amphitheatres)

  1. 圓形劇場圓形競技場
    Ancient Roman amphitheatres were mostly oval or circular in plan, with seating tiers that surrounded the central performance area, like a modern open-air stadium.
    古羅馬圓形劇場的平面大多呈橢圓形或圓形,座位層圍繞着中央表演區,就像現代的露天體育場一樣。
    • 1816, John Cam Hobhouse Baron Broughton, The Substance of Some Letters,頁號 192:
      We had previously visited the building prepared for the assemblage, which was a vast pentagonal semicircular amphitheatre of painted wood and canvas work, ...
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    • 1994, J. A. B. Somerset, Shropshire, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN,頁號 388:
      The dry quarry in Shrewsbury [was] in use from at least 1445-6 [...until] 1568-9 (and perhaps beyond)[. ...] Location of this as the site of a semicircular amphitheatre [used in the 1400s and 1500s] is confirmed by the evidence, published in total for the first time in the present volume.
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  2. (地質學) 圓形凹地
    • 1902, Charles Oman, A History of the Peninsular War,頁號 188:
      The difference between the approach to Baylen from the west and from the east, is that on the former side the traveller reaches the town through a semicircular amphitheatre of upland, while by the latter he comes up a V-shaped valley ...
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    • 1939 September, A. F. N. Barnsdale, 「The Neath & Brecon Railway」, 出自 Railway Magazine,頁號 188:
      Brecon or Aberhonddu, a typical Welsh town of 5,350 inhabitants, stands in a grand amphitheatre of hills and mountains at the confluence of the rivers Usk, Honddu, and Tarell.
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延伸閱讀[編輯]

  1. amphitheatre」 in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
  2. Paul Brians, Common Errors in English Usage (2008): "AMPITHEATER/AMPHITHEATER The classy way to pronounce the first syllable of this word is "amf," but if you choose the more popular "amp" remember that you still have to include the H after the P when spelling it."

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