edifice
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ed·i·fice /ˈedɪfɪs/ noun [countable] formalTBB a building, especially a large one 〔尤指宏伟的〕建筑 Their head office was an imposing edifice. 他们的总部大楼是一幢宏伟建筑。
Examples from the Corpus
edifice• And this was an edifice that would house the greatest mystery of all: wine into blood, bread into flesh.• To cast doubt on the importance of production is thus to bring into questIon the foundation of the entire edifice.• The Times is housed in an imposing edifice on 1st Street.• Dauntless regarded this imposing edifice with dismay.• Then he crossed the street in front of the National Gallery, glancing up at the massive edifice of the building in the process.• Evidence such as this serves to undermine the apparently monolithic edifice of Victorianism.• The primary edifice, Mandeville Center, is about as inviting as a concrete bunker.• Replacing that foundation, we fear, will topple the edifice.• Eventually the theory becomes a creaking and ugly edifice.• The whole edifice of the family's thinking rested on the notion of hard work.Origin edifice (1300-1400) French Latin aedificium, from aedificare; → EDIFYed·i·fice nounChineseSyllable
especially Corpus a one building, large a
edifice
ed‧i‧fice /ˈedəfəs, ˈedɪfəs/
noun [countable]formal a building, especially a large one:
Their head office was an imposing edifice.
▪ building a structure such as a house, church, or factory, that has a roof and walls: The college needs money to pay for new buildings.
▪property formal a building or piece of land, or both together - used especially when talking about buying and selling buildings or land: The next property they looked at was too small. | The company received permission to build six residential properties on the land.
▪premises formal the buildings and land that a shop, restaurant, company etc uses: You are not allowed to drink alcohol on the premises. | The bread is baked on the premises.
▪complex a group of buildings, or a large building with many parts, used for a particular purpose: The town has one of the best leisure complexes in the country. | a luxury apartment complex
▪development a group of new buildings that have all been planned and built together on the same piece of land: a new housing development | a huge industrial development
▪block especially British English a large tall building that contains apartments or offices, or is part of a school, university, or hospital: an office block | a block of flats | a tower block (=a very tall building - often used disapprovingly) | My next lecture is in the science block.
▪facility especially American English a place or building used for a particular activity or industry: a research facility on campus
▪edifice formal a large building, especially one that is tall and impressive - a very formal use: Their head office was an imposing edifice.
▪structure formal something that has been made to stand upright - used especially when talking about buildings: The stone arch is one of the town’s oldest existing structures. | an immense barn-like structure | Mogul calls this building, designed by Donald and John Parkinson in 1928, ‘the most important structure in Los Angeles of the 20th century.’
ed‧i‧fice /ˈedəfəs, ˈedɪfəs/
noun [countable]formal a building, especially a large one: | THESAURUS |
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