【学习笔记】漫游世界建筑群-1beauty

1、but Saint Petersburg is also the triumph of a great woman,

It was her taste for opulence and grandeur that made Saint Petersburg beautiful. She dressed up the city in colourful and extravagant Baroque architecture that expressed national pride.

2、It's Russia's own Versailles, a building in which beauty is used as a political weapon, as an expression of divine majesty.

3、The building's enormous length is a grand display of imperial power and order。But this intimidating scale is enlivened with exuberant and joyful details.

4、The palace is organised around the Golden Enfilade, an awe-inspiring route that took you to the imperial presence.

5、It was here that she held her famed metamorphosis balls in which men dressed as women,and women dressed as men.

6、They're rammed together to make a sort of a mosaic or massive tapestry.、

7、It's a hymn to the beauty of nature

1, apostle [ə'pɔsl]

n. 信徒，使徒；最初的传道者

apostle: 信徒|来自天上的声音|宗徒Apostle Paul: 使徒保罗

Twelve Apostle: 十二使徒岩|十二门徒|十二门徒石

2, Anglican ['æŋɡlikən]

n. 英国国教徒

adj. 英国的；英国国教的；英国人的Anglican: 英国国教徒|教徒|教会Anglican Commuion: 安立甘宗

Anglican conformist: 英国国教徒

3, reckon ['rekən]

vt. 测算，估计；认为；计算

vi. 估计；计算；猜想，料想

reckon: 计算（成本等）|计算|认为,估计reckon among: 算作...之一|认为是reckon as: 看做|认为是

4, jubilee ['dʒu:bili:]

n. （犹太史）五十年节（每五十年举行一次庆祝希伯来奴隶的解放）；大赦年（天主教每二十五年一次的）；欢乐的佳节，欢乐的节日；重要的周年纪念

Jubilee: 朱比利|纪念型|大赦年

Royal Jubilee: 海禧华庭

Lake Jubilee: 及茱比利湖畔

5, christening ['krisəniŋ]

n. （基督教）洗礼；（基督教）洗礼仪式；命名典礼

v. 为…施洗礼（christen的ing形式）christening: 洗礼仪式|命名|洗礼式christening ceremony: 船舶命名礼交通|船舶命名礼

Christening gown: 领洗服装

6, choristers

n. 唱诗班歌手（chorister的复数）choristers: 唱诗班歌手

Les choristers: 放牛班的春天

7, opulence ['ɔpjuləns]

n. 富裕；丰富

opulence: 丰裕|富裕|财富/富裕

Opulence Height: 丰裕轩

copiousness opulence: 丰裕

8, ornate [ɔ:'neit]

adj. 华丽的；装饰的；（文体）绚丽的ornate: 装饰的|华丽的|装饰

Ornate Armor: 华丽战甲

Ornate dogfish: 印度洋霞鲨

9, Versailles [vεə'sai]

n. 凡尔赛（法国城市）

Versailles: 凡尔赛宫|凡尔赛镇|凡尔赛(巴黎西部一城市)

Versailles Black: 沃塞利丝黑|梵尔塞棕Chateaude Versailles: 凡尔赛宫

10, imperial [im'piəriəl]

adj. 帝国的；皇帝的；至高无上的；威严的

n. 纸张尺寸；特等品

Imperial: 帝国|帝王钻|金银线织锦Imperial College: 帝国理工学院|帝国理工|帝国学院

Imperial Califonia: 加洲金麻

11, intimidating [in'timideitiŋ] adj. 吓人的

Intimidating: 胁迫|受到威胁的|威逼Intimidating Shout: 破胆怒吼|威吓诱敌|威吓怒吼

Most Intimidating: 邊個你最驚

12, exuberant [iɡ'zju:bərənt]

adj. 繁茂的；生气勃勃的，充溢的exuberant: 丰富,充溢的|茂盛的|多产的exuberant:: 繁茂的，丰盛的

exuberant investing: 投资旺盛

13, enliven [in'laivən]

vt. 使活泼；使生动；使有生气，使活跃enliven: 搞活|使生气的|带来生气Enliven Gargoyle: 活化石像鬼

Enliven Sentinel: 活化哨兵14, compositions [,kɔmpə'ziʃənz]

n. 组成成分；作品辑；艺术作品（composition的复数形式）Compositions: 作品辑|组成|多功能油(不太明白怎么用的)

hand compositions: 手工排字

music compositions: 音乐作曲|音乐编曲

15, enfilade [,enfi'leid]

n. 纵向射击；易受纵射的位置；相对成行排列

vt. 向纵射

enfilade: 纵向射击|纵射|易受侧射之排列

16, awe-inspiring ['ɔ:in,spaiəriŋ] adj. 使人敬畏的；令人惊叹的

awe-inspiring: 使人畏惧的|令人敬畏的|令人惊叹的

most virtuous and awe-inspiring: 大威德

17, empress ['empris]

n. 皇后；女皇

Empress: 女皇|女王至上|皇后

Empress Eugenie: 皇后之宝钻石|妮皇后|金尼皇后

Empress Hotel: 帝后饭店|女皇饭店|女皇酒店

18, penetrate ['penitreit]

vt. 渗透；穿透；洞察

vi. 渗透；刺入；看透

Penetrate: 刺入|穿透|穿透，渗入penetrate through: 穿透

PENETRATE SCREWS: 贯穿螺丝|穿螺晋

19, colossal [kə'lɔsəl]

adj. 巨大的；异常的，非常的

colossal: 巨大的|超巨型|巨大

Colossal Sword: 巨神之剑

Colossal Arena: 泰坦竞技场|超猛竞技场|雄伟竞技场[英文