名 hall，room，courtroom，the name of a shop ；

[例句] 来自世界各地的电视工作者和新闻记者齐聚一堂。 There were television crews and pressmen from all around the world.

[例句] 堂区牧师在布道中提到了它。 Parish priests have referred to it in their sermons.

classroom，schoolroom ；

[例句] 发言人的声音被叫嚷声盖住了，课堂一片混乱，老师们不得不好言相劝。 Speakers have been shouted down, classes disrupted, teachers made to grovel.

[例句] 学校组织的出游能让孩子们获得在课堂上得不到的亲身体验。 School trips give children firsthand experience not available in the classroom.

paradise，heaven，bana，abraham's bosom，nirvana；

[例句] 任天堂希望将该外挂调制解调器的价格定在200美元以下。 Nintendo hopes to price the add-on modem at less than $200.

[例句] 我简直是到了观影者的天堂。 I was in cinematic heaven.

assembly hall，hall，auditoria，auditorium，conncil house ；

[例句] 大群记者在会堂外争抢位置. Hordes of journalists jostled for position outside the conference hall.

[例句] 这个会堂音响效果很差. The hall is bad in sound.

dining room，mess hall，canteen，eatery，mess ；

[例句] 人们懒散地躺在食堂里搭起的临时床铺上。 People are sprawled on makeshift beds in the cafeteria.

[例句] 工作完了,他们在工人食堂饱餐了一顿. After work they made a hearty meal in the worker's canteen.

bethel，tabernacle，temple，church，meeting house ；

[例句] 婚礼将于下月在布朗普顿礼拜堂举行。 The wedding will be at the Brompton Oratory next month.

[例句] 据说玛格丽特女士的鬼魂常在这个礼拜堂出没. The ghost of Lady Margaret is supposed to haunt this chapel.

assembly hall，auditorium，auditoria，hall ；

[例句] 礼堂在大楼的后部. The hall is in the rear of the building.

[例句] 老师把全体同学集合在礼堂内. The teacher gathered all the pupils in the auditorium.

stately，handsome，grand，magnificent，grandiosity；

[例句] 阳光从舷窗外面直射进来, 使外边那间气象堂皇的舱房十分轩敞. Sunlight streamed through the portholes, brightening the impressive outer cabin.

[例句] 我认为我们最好还是用一些更堂皇、更有力的词句. I think we'd better use something more dignified and forceful.

grandiose，magnificent，palatial，stately，gallant ；

[例句] 阳光从舷窗外面直射进来, 使外边那间气象堂皇的舱房十分轩敞. Sunlight streamed through the portholes, brightening the impressive outer cabin.

[例句] 这事做得不是很堂皇的 吗 ? Was not that nobly done?

（妇女） women，（妻） wife ；

[例句] 我为来访的堂客们特设了一桌酒席. I have specially arranged a feast for the lady guests.

[例句] 站在张先生身旁的那位女士是他的堂客. The lady standing by Mr. Zhang is his wife.

cathedral，duomo，minster ；

[例句] 众所周知，雷恩的墓志铭中写道，大教堂本身就是他的纪念碑。 As Wren's epitaph famously declares, the cathedral itself is his monument.

[例句] 这座14世纪的大教堂变成了一堆瓦砾。 The fourteenth century cathedral was reduced to a mass of rubble.

chapel ；

[例句] 弗朗西丝卡修女走进小教堂，坐下来，很快就睡着了。 Sister Francesca entered the chapel, took her seat, and promptly fell asleep.

[例句] 他最近为菲茨威廉建成的小教堂赢得了好评。 His recently completed chapel for Fitzwilliam is attracting favourable comment.

churchgoing ；

[例句] 她十分虔诚,每个星期天都上教堂. She is very religious person who goes to church every Sunday.

[例句] 她十分虔诚,每星期都上教堂. She is a very religious person who goes to church every Sunday.

formidable，imposing，impressive，sonorous，superb ；

[例句] 他们都是堂堂的男子汉,都是些敢于面对现实的人. They were men enough to face the darkness.

[例句] 衍圣公是个身材高大, 肩膀宽阔, 相貌堂堂的人. The Duke was tall, broodshouldered , aristocratic looking.

（额部两眉之间） ophryon，the top of the nose bridge connecting the eye-brows ；

foundling hospital，foundling ；

cella ；

grandly ；

[例句] 我愿意胜利地看见我的后代很堂皇地作他们的产业的主人. I want the triumph of seeing my descendant fairly lord of their estates.

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