exterior

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ex·te·ri·or1 /ɪkˈstɪəriə $ -ˈtɪriər/ ●●○ noun [countable]  1  [usually singular]SURFACE the outside of something, especially a building 〔尤指建筑物的〕外部，外观 OPP interiorexterior of the exterior of the factory 这家工厂的外观 The dome is tiled on the exterior. 穹顶表面铺了瓦片。2  calm/cool etc exterior APPEARANCEbehaviour that seems calm, unfriendly etc but which often hides a different feeling or attitude 表面上镇定/冷漠等 Beneath that calm exterior, he has a fierce will to win. 他表面镇定，其实求胜心切。

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exterior• Beneath that assured exterior, thought Meredith, she's vulnerable.• With her soft voice and her calm exterior, she absolutely would not let creditors off the hook.• It smashed against the rusted freight car behind her, shattering the glass exterior and buckling the sensitive anode.• Belle finds a sweet soul behind his gruff exterior.• The concrete garden path has been bricked over and vines adorn the white-painted exterior.• The dome is protected by a timber roof and is tiled on the exterior.• The interior is still in ruinous condition though the exterior is fairly intact.• the exterior of a house• The exterior of Linköping Cathedral is unimpressive.• Any tumultuous exterior I offer is merely to draw the crowds.on the exterior• On the exterior is an octagonal spire, called the Torre de Gallo, after its weathercock.• Only the interior ribbed vaults are Gothic, and the abundance of fine sculpture both on the exterior and inside.• Nobody would spend any money on her, beyond a splash of cheap cosmetic on the exterior.• They will attach several experiments on the exterior of the outpost.• The Cathedral has not obscured the Mausoleum; on the exterior the octagonal form remains with the surrounding colonnade of Corinthian columns.• Long spines on the exterior of the shell were developed especially during the Carboniferous.• The dome is protected by a timber roof and is tiled on the exterior.• These arches are visible on the exterior wall surfaces.exterior2 adjective [usually before noun]  1  OUT/OUTSIDEon the outside of something 外部的；外面的 OPP interior The exterior walls need a new coat of paint. 外墙需要刷新漆了。2. exterior scenes in a film are filmed outdoors 〔电影场景〕室外的3  coming from or relating to facts, situations etc other than the one you are considering 外来的；外界的 information that is exterior to the text itself 来源于文本以外的资料

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exterior• the car's sleek exterior design• With the leap to exterior grandeur from the 1870s went a new concentration on the magnificence of the interior arrangements of stations.• exterior paint• Drawbacks: The exterior walls get very hot during combination cooking.exterior walls• The interior is unusual with columns set on circular plan but with flatter, straight sides to the exterior walls.• To let in light, the architects left a few gaps-windows-in the essentially monolithic exterior walls.• Drawbacks: The exterior walls get very hot during combination cooking.• No insulation and nothing to stop warm, moist interior air from condensing on cold exterior walls in the winter.• In the exterior walls prison chambers still survive which are of Romanesque date, while the audience chamber possesses a fine wall-fireplace.• The framing went up, the exterior walls, the siding.Origin exterior2 (1500-1600) Latin “more outward”, from exter; → EXTERNAL

ex·te·ri·or1 nounexterior2 adjectiveChineseSyllable  

especially Corpus outside of building the something, a

exterior

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ex‧te‧ri‧or¹ /ɪkˈstɪəriə $ -ˈtɪriər/ noun [countable]
1. [usually singular] the outside of something, especially a building
   OPP  interior
    exterior of
    the exterior of the factory
    The dome is tiled on the exterior.
2. calm/cool etc exterior behaviour that seems calm, unfriendly etc but which often hides a different feeling or attitude:
    Beneath that calm exterior, he has a fierce will to win.

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exterior² adjective [usually before noun]1. on the outside of something
   OPP  interior:
    The exterior walls need a new coat of paint.
2. exterior scenes in a film are filmed outdoors
3. coming from or relating to facts, situations etc other than the one you are considering:
    information that is exterior to the text itself