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英语单词 arch
英美音标 英 [ɑːtʃ] 美 [ɑːrtʃ]
中文释义 n.拱;拱门;拱状物
v.成拱形;拱起
adj.主要的;调皮的
英语例句 (1) Dip your head under the low arch.
(2) A pointed arch drawn from two centers within the span.
(3) Have you been to the Triumphal Arch?
(4) The bridge has three arches.
(5) Marble Arch is a famous London landmark.
(6) The cat arched its back when it saw the dog.
(7) "(actors, singers, etc.) perform for outside salary income without approval by the unit they belong to"
(8) They considered him their arch opponent.
(9) Pepsi and Coke have been arch rivals for a long time.
(10) Yuan Shikai was an arch usurper of state power.
中文例句 (1) 在低矮的门拱下要低头。
(2) 在跨度内有两个中心点,连接两个中心点的是弧度突出的拱。
(3) 你去过凯旋门吗?
(4) 这座桥有三座拱洞。
(5) 大理石拱门是著名的伦敦标志。
(6) 那猫看见狗时就拱起了背。
(7) 走穴
(8) 他们将他看成是主要对手。
(9) 百事和可口可乐长期以来都是主要的对手。
(10) 袁世凯是一个窃国大盗。
vocabulary简明 An arch is a shape that resembles an upside down "U." You may find this shape in a carefully tweezed eyebrow or in the famous golden pair that make you hunger for a Big Mac.
vocabulary扩展 In architecture, an arch is an opening that is often found supporting the weight of a something above it — like a bridge or a wall. In downtown St. Louis, you can visit the Gateway Arch — a freestanding catenary arch that is 630 feet tall and 630 feet wide. As a verb, arch means to make an arch-like shape. "She stretched her back by arching it into a backbend." As an adjective, arch can describe something mischievous or sly: "He teased his friend with an arch comment about his shyness around girls."
柯林斯解释
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]拱;拱门;拱形结构 An arch is a structure that is curved at the top and is supported on either side by a pillar, post, or wall.
    2
    [N-COUNT 可数名词]弧形;弧形运动 An arch is a curved line or movement.
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      [N-COUNT 可数名词]足弓;足背 The arch of your foot is the curved section at the bottom in the middle.
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        [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]弓着,佝着(背)等 If you arch a part of your body such as your back or if it arches, you bend it so that it forms a curve.
          [V n]
          [Also V]
        • Don't arch your back, keep your spine straight.

          别佝着背,把腰挺直。

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        [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](表示惊奇或不赞同)扬起(眉毛) If you arch your eyebrows or if they arch, you move them upwards as a way of showing surprise or disapproval.
          [V n]
          [Also V]
          [LITERARY 文]
        • 'Oh really?' he said, arching an eyebrow.

          “哦,真的吗?”他扬起一边的眉毛说。

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        [VERB 动词]拱起;成弓形;呈弧形运动 If something arches in a particular direction, it makes a curved line or movement.
          [V adv/prep]
        • I gazed up at the domed ceiling arching overhead.

          我抬头凝望着上方弧形的穹顶。

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        [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]神秘的;淘气的;调皮的 An arch look is mysterious and mischievous.
          [usu ADJ n]
        • Both of them looked at him with that curious, slightly amused and even arch expression.

          他们俩都看着他,带着一副好奇的、有点觉得好笑甚至是淘气的表情。

        archly
        • She looked at me rather archly.

          她有些调皮地看着我。

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        [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]傲慢自大的 If you say that someone is arch, you are criticizing them for talking or behaving as if they are better or more important than other people.
          [disapproval]
        • Their attempts to be casual have so far just looked arch or patronising.

          他们本想做出漫不经心的样子,结果反而显得傲慢自大或自视甚高。

        archly
        • 'You can't fool me,' Shirley said archly.

          “你骗不了我,”雪莉傲慢地说。

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