cathedral

cathedral

英 [kə'θiːdr(ə)l]
　　美 [kə'θidrəl]

n. 大教堂

中文詞源：

cathedral 教區總教堂

cata-, 向下。-hed, 坐，詞源同sit, seat. 指主教教堂，聖座，chair原型。

例句：

1. As Wren's epitaph famously declares, the cathedral itself is his monument.
眾所周知，雷恩的墓志銘中寫道，大教堂本身就是他的紀念碑。

2. The fourteenth century cathedral was reduced to a mass of rubble.
這座14世紀的大教堂變成瞭一堆瓦礫。

3. The cathedral was destroyed by the Great Fire of 1136 AD.
大教堂在公元1136年的大火中被付之一炬。

4. His funeral will be on Thursday at Blackburn Cathedral.
他的葬禮將於星期四在佈萊克本大教堂舉行。

5. Notre-Dame Cathedral in Senlis is less famous than its namesake in Paris.
桑利斯的聖母院不如在巴黎與其同名的聖母院有名。