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rotunda

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ro·tun·da /rəʊˈtʌndə $ roʊ-/ noun [countable]  TBBa round building or hall, especially one with a dome 〔尤指有圆顶的〕圆形建筑;圆形大厅
Examples from the Corpus
rotundaAt a rotunda devoted to the death of Stalin people were chuckling.I had been arrested in the Capitol rotunda for a nonviolent protest the day the House passed its version of the bill.The Flat Earth Society must be successfully signing up members in the Capitol rotunda.Each rotunda was devoted to a different aspect of recent Czech history.At the park entrance is that familiar little rotunda.More than £5,000 was raised, and this will be used for planting the garden and park surrounding Ickworth's rotunda.But here, in the rotunda of the Astor House, a nickel would buy only a glass of beer.The rotunda was demolished in 1804.
Origin rotunda (1600-1700) Italian rotonda, from Latin rotundus; → ROUND2
ro·tun·da nounChineseSyllable
a dome a especially Corpus or with one round building hall,


rotunda
rotunda /rəʊˈtʌndə $ roʊ-/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Italian
 Origin: rotonda, from Latin rotundus; round2
a round building or hall, especially one with a dome


ro·tundaBrE /rəʊˈtʌndə/ 🔊NAmE /roʊˈtʌndə/ 🔊 noun
a round building or hall, especially one with a curved roof (= a dome ) 圆形建筑,圆形大厅(尤指带有圆顶的)