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Capitol State Building 英 Kæpɪtl] 美 Kæpɪtl N.美国国会大厦 Bomb

英语单词 capitol
英美音标 英 ['kæpɪtl] 美 ['kæpɪtl]
中文释义 n.美国国会大厦
英语例句 (1) A bomb was founded at the entry to the Capitol.
(2) The Capitol is the building where the America Congress meets.
中文例句 (1) 在美国国会大厦的入口处发现一颗炸弹。
(2) 国会大厦是美国国会举行会议的大厦。
vocabulary简明 When you march on the state capitol to protest a bill before the legislature, you are assembling outside a building that houses the state government.
vocabulary扩展 Use the noun capitol when you're talking about the building where a legislature assembles to govern a state or region. In the United States, each state has an individual capitol building, and the federal government has one too — although when you mention "the Capitol" in Washington, D.C., it is capitalized. Speaking of which, be careful not to confuse capitol with its homophone, capital. Capitol comes from the Latin Capitolium, a famous ancient Roman temple.

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