colosseum

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colosseum — 名詞

  • colosseumsingular
  • colosseumsplural

1. the famous amphitheatre in the centre of Rome, completed nearly two thousand yea

1.名詞B1
釋義

羅馬競技場

羅馬市中心近兩千年歷史的圓形競技場

the famous amphitheatre in the centre of Rome, completed nearly two thousand years ago for gladiator fights and public spectacles

例句

Hao took dozens of photos of the colosseum when he visited Rome last spring.

Hao 去年春天造訪羅馬時,拍了幾十張羅馬競技場的照片。

the colosseum meaning the one in Rome

Minh and her family stood in line to tour the colosseum at sunset.

Minh 和家人在夕陽下排了一小時的隊參觀羅馬競技場。

文法句型

the colosseum

the Colosseum

用法筆記

Often written with a capital C (the Colosseum) when referring to the specific building in Rome. This is the original and most famous colosseum.

2. a vast oval stadium with rows of seats all around, built in Roman times for publ

2.名詞B2
釋義

古羅馬式劇場

泛指古羅馬時期建造的大型橢圓形競技場

a vast oval stadium with rows of seats all around, built in Roman times for public shows and contests

例句

The archaeologists uncovered a small colosseum buried under the modern town square.

考古學家在現代城鎮廣場下方發現了一座小型古羅馬式劇場。

colosseum as a countable noun for any Roman arena

Gita showed her children drawings of what the old colosseum might have looked like.

Gita 向孩子們展示了這座古老劇場可能樣貌的圖畫。

同義詞
  • amphitheatre

    a more general word for any oval or circular open-air venue with tiered seats

  • arena

    focuses on the central performance space rather than the whole structure

  • stadium

    the modern equivalent, typically larger and used mainly for sports

文法句型

a colosseum

the colosseum

colosseums