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英 [æps]

美 [æps]

n. (教堂东端的)半圆形小室

复数：apses　

BNC.17917 / COCA.32653

牛津词典

noun

（教堂东端的）半圆形小室
a small area, often in the shape of a semicircle , usually at the east end of a church

noun

a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church
Synonym:apsis

As a matter of fact, the stone was found close by the apse of the church.
事实上，石头是在圣堂靠近半圆壁龛处被发现的。
Scleral and corneal laceration with iris prol-apse caused by an eagle claw
鹰爪抓伤所致的巩膜和角膜裂伤伴虹膜脱出
Christian churches have usually been oriented with the apse or altar at the eastern end.
基督教的教堂常以放在东端的后堂或圣坛朝向。
It is designed like a generic Roman basilica, with three aisles and an apse.
它设计得像一座普通的罗马长方形基督教堂，有三条走廊和一个半圆形的后殿。
In the W.end was a huge apse, 20m in diameter, where a colossal seated statue of Maxentius stood.
在西面的尽头是一个巨大的后殿，20米的直径，一个巨大的马克森提站立的雕塑。
The apse of a Christian church that contains the bishop's throne.
包括主教王座的基督教教堂的后殿。
There are, invariably, two naves, which intersect in a cross, and whose upper portion, rounded into an apse, forms the choir;
中堂永远一成不变地分成两个殿，交叉成十字形，上顶端圆弧形后殿是训练唱诗班的地方；