pagoda
释义
n. 塔；宝塔
自然拼读
词态
复数：pagodas
例句
The multi-storey pagoda came to Japan from China in the sixth century.
公元6世纪，多层宝塔从中国传入日本。
In fact, in some pagoda designs, it does not even rest on the ground, but is suspended from the top of the pagoda—hanging loosely down through the middle of the building.
事实上，在一些宝塔的设计中，它甚至不停留在地面上，而是从塔顶悬吊下来——松散地悬挂在建筑的中间。
Mr Ishida, known to his students as 'Professor Pagoda' because of his passion to understand the pagoda, has built a series of models and tested them on a 'shake-table' in his laboratory.
学生们称石田先生为“宝塔教授”，因为他对宝塔的研究非常热忱。石田制作了一系列模型，并在自己实验室的“振动台”上对它们进行了测试。
Many tourist attractions there are well worth visiting, such as Sudi Causeway, the Broken Bridge and Leifeng Pagoda.
许多旅游景点都很值得参观，比如苏堤，断桥和雷峰塔。
Yet it left the magnificent five-storey pagoda at the Toji temple in nearby Kyoto unscathed, though it levelled a number of buildings in the neighbourhood.
尽管它将附近的许多建筑物夷为平地，但京都附近的东寺里宏伟的五层宝塔安然无恙。
Viewed from the side, the pagoda seemed to be doing a snake dance—with each consecutive floor moving in the opposite direction to its neighbours above and below.
从侧面看，这座宝塔就像在跳蛇舞——每一层楼都朝着上下相邻楼层相反的方向移动。
More surprising is the fact that the individual storeys of a Japanese pagoda, unlike their counterparts elsewhere, are not actually connected to each other.
更惊人的是这样一个事实：日本宝塔的楼层与其它地方的同类建筑不同，它们实际上并不相连。
When the pagoda reached Japan, however, its architecture was freely adapted to local conditions—they were built less high, typically five rather than nine storeys, made mainly of wood and the
然而，宝塔传到日本后，其建筑却因地制宜作出了改变——它们的建筑高度降低了，一般都是五层而不是九层，主要用木头建造。楼梯也省去了，因为日本的宝塔没有任何实际用途，更多的是成为了艺术品。
Is the answer that, like a tall pine tree, the Japanese pagoda—with its massive trunk-like central pillar known as shinbashira—simply flexes and sways during a typhoon or earthquake?
答案会不会是这样：日本宝塔——由于有着一根叫做“塔心柱”的巨大树干状中心柱子——就像一棵高大的松树般，在一场台风或地震中仅仅只会来回摇摆和弯曲呢？
The pagoda stands tall.
那座宝塔矗立在那里。
词组
pagoda tree
塔状树；国槐