acropolis

FREQ #40141

n. 古希腊的卫城

发音

UK /əˈkɹɒpəlɪs/
其它
US

词形变化

acropoleis acropoli acropolises 复数 acropolises acropoleis 复数

别名

akropolis

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A promontory (usually fortified with a citadel) forming the hub of many Grecian cities, and around which many were built for defensive purposes before and during the classical period; compare Acropolis.

    卫城

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

citadel bastion

词源

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀκρόπολις (akrópolis), from ἄκρος (ákros, “topmost”, “tip”, “summit”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”); By surface analysis, acro- + -polis.

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