atrium

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at·ri·um /ˈeɪtriəm/ noun [countable]  1. AATBBa large high open space in a tall building 〔高楼大厦的〕中庭，天井2. HBHone of the two spaces in the top of your heart that push blood into the ventricles 心房

Examples from the Corpus

atrium• It is a large house and has two entrances, each leading into an atrium.• The arched door, bearing the same lion and shield as Nicolo's plane, opened on to an enclosed atrium.• The church is constructed of thin bricks with wide mortar joints; its atrium has disappeared but the narthex remains.• Unless you work here, however, there is no public access, except to the marble atrium.• A line is fed through a peripheral vein until it reaches the right atrium of the heart.• He was cold, very cold despite the hothouse temperature of the atrium.• West of the atrium is a large expanse of water popularly known as the port of Milan.• The plan is that of a cross-domed basilica with nave, aisles, eastern apse and western atrium.Origin atrium (1500-1600) Latin

at·ri·um nounChineseSyllable  

Corpus in large high open a space a

atrium
at‧ri‧um /ˈeɪtriəm/ noun [countable]1. a large high open space in a tall building
2. one of the two spaces in the top of your heart that push blood into the ventricles

at·riumBrE /ˈeɪtriəm/ 🔊NAmE /ˈeɪtriəm/ 🔊 noun (

plural

atria BrE /ˈeɪtriə/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈeɪtriə/ 🔊 ) a large high space, usually with a glass roof, in the centre of a modern building （现代建筑物中央通常带有玻璃屋顶的）中庭，中厅an open space in the centre of an ancient Roman villa (= a large house) （古罗马大宅的）天井(anatomy 解剖学) either of the two upper spaces in the heart that are used in the first stage of sending the blood around the body 心房 SYN auricle