| 单词 | truncated pyramid |
| 例句 | Mostly, though, I threw all my frustration into building those perfect, truncated pyramids of fruit. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Picking one’s way along narrow streets of light and shade, between the truncated pyramids, prisms, cones or cylinders of the granaries and houses,” Griaule wrote, “one felt like a dwarf lost in a maze.” Personal Journeys: Hiking Deep Into Dogon Country in Mali 2010-03-05T04:11:00Z Brancusi’s monument consists of stacked geometric elements — conjoined, truncated pyramids — and as such suggest an ascension toward abstract infinity. Review: Lynda Benglis Celebrates the Fluidity of Nature at Storm King 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z For his own house, he created a truncated pyramid, 30-foot square in plan. On Location: A Country Home, by a Modernist at Play 2011-04-13T23:55:52Z Resembling a fragment of an ancient Greek sculpture, it’s mounted on a truncated pyramid, and the whole assemblage is coated in candy-purple auto body paint. Review: ‘Image Object’ Looks at the Relationship Between the Virtual and the Physical 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z From a distance, the work looks like a truncated pyramid. At Storm King, a Landscape of Stars, Rulers and Pipes 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z It is made of brick, not glass, and stands as a squat, truncated pyramid, twisting as it rises. First look: inside Tate Modern's power pyramid 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z HBW’s Washington, D.C., office sits in a giant truncated pyramid of a building, with sloped outer walls, that overlooks Farragut Square on the city’s lobbyist-dense K Street. Governors Lean Heavily on Industry-Funded Group on Offshore Drilling 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z The swelling of the neck is sometimes so great that its diameter exceeds that of the head, and the shoulders, neck, and head, viewed together, have the outline of a truncated pyramid. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z They consisted of round or elliptical stratified masses, which gradually decreased in breadth, so that the whole looked like a truncated pyramid rising in terraces. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z In the Nangas on the south coast the two truncated pyramids near the entrance are wanting. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z The following illustrations of common forms of crystals may be used in this connection: The first represents two truncated pyramids placed base to base. The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z A blast-furnace is a hollow chamber enveloped, generally speaking, in a mass of masonry, of the form of a truncated pyramid. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z The bottom is curved at the corners, then curved back up and round, and spreads out into the lower part of a "truncated pyramid." History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America 2011-03-14T03:01:03.623Z The walls of the lower chamber had the form of an inverted and truncated pyramid. The Preparation of Plantation Rubber 2011-03-09T03:00:40.870Z In front of the statue was an altar shaped as a truncated pyramid, the king’s armor, costly armchairs and stools, also tables covered with trifles and small objects. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z Temple.—The temple mounds are truncated pyramids, with paths or steps leading to the summit, and sometimes with terraces at different heights. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z They include methods of measuring a ship’s mast and rudder, calculating the volume of cylinders and truncated pyramids, dividing grain quantities into fractions and verifying how much bread to exchange for beer. Math Puzzles? Oldest Ancestors Took Form on Egyptian Papyrus 2010-12-06T21:46:00Z These were huge artificial mounds of earth, built in the shape of truncated pyramids, and faced all over with stone. The Spanish Pioneers One peculiarity of the rooms consists in the ceilings—that is, the ornamental ones—being nearly all either domes, or interiors of truncated pyramids. The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. He was on the wide end of the Sword, which was shaped roughly like a truncated pyramid. Industrial Revolution Those in the form of a truncated pyramid were used for the purposes of building sites for temples and dwellings, and those having circular bases and a conical shape were used as burial places. History of Human Society Their form is generally that of a mastaba or truncated pyramid with sloping walls, and their construction is evidently copied from a fashion of wooden architecture previously existing. Architecture Classic and Early Christian The towers of the pylon resemble truncated pyramids and, as they were formed of large stones, they frequently survived when all other parts of the temple fell into ruins. The Critic in the Orient Most of them are terraced and truncated pyramids. Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology Its huge roof, fashioned for all the world after a truncated pyramid with immense gables projecting from its sides, gave every indication of having sheltered many a guest from the snows and rains of winter. The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution Peat is placed in iron ovens in the form of truncated pyramids, the bottoms of which consist of movable and perforated iron plates. Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel They consist of a series of truncated pyramids placed one above another, each successive one being smaller than the one on which it immediately rests—thus standing in reality upon a platform or terrace. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America In front of the statue was an altar shaped as a truncated pyramid, the king's armor, costly armchairs and stools, also tables covered with trifles and small objects. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt The first of these, 75 feet long by 25 wide, stands on the summit of a high truncated pyramid, and has solid walls on all sides save the north, where there are five doorways. Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology It was at the point of a strangely formed rock, a sort of truncated pyramid, easily recognizable. Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery It is composed of three graduated stuccoed terraces, sloping inwards, at an angle of about seventy degrees, in the form of a truncated pyramid. Diary in America, Series Two Straining my eyes to their utmost I gazed intently into the darkness; the appearance became more pronounced, more defined every second, and as I watched it assumed the form of an irregularly-shaped truncated pyramid. The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron Flights of steps on the outside, winding round the truncated pyramid, gave access to the summit. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development The method of building is different; the Peruvian temples were not high truncated pyramids, and the great edifices were not erected on pyramidal foundations. Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology And the Seven Spheres of Borsippa were represented by the Seven Stories, each of a different color, of the tower or truncated pyramid of Bel at Babylon. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Thus, in the following drawing, the reader can easily see at will something answering to a truncated pyramid, or to the interior of a cooking vessel. Illusions A Psychological Study From want of objects of comparison, the impression of great size is not produced; and nothing can be meaner in outline than two towers like truncated pyramids, pierced with small, square windows at irregular intervals. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 428 Volume 17, New Series, March 13, 1852 The main structures take the form of great truncated pyramids built up of earth, stones, and masonry, with temples and palaces of masonry upon their summits. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development At its termination the two truncated pyramids that formed the entrance to the temple towered upward, two hundred feet of massive masonry. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt The nest they had constructed, which had the form of a truncated pyramid, appeared to be from fifteen to twenty feet in height, on a base of thirty or forty feet. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 Scattered about the slope were detached buildings, consisting of marble monoliths resting upon double bases and crowned with carved cornices, or of truncated pyramids and pyramidions. Romance Island Within this inclosure were three large heiau, one of which was a solid truncated pyramid of stone one hundred and twenty-six feet by sixty, and ten feet high. Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands This huge truncated pyramid has been described already. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development On this truncated pyramid he distinguished, or thought he distinguished, one or more of the pueblos of the Moquis. Overland Perhaps with this were coupled also tales of suffering and wrongs; perhaps how cruelly they, the natives, had been forced, by these hard task-masters, to labor upon the truncated pyramids and their crowning chapels. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 The roof was in form a truncated pyramid; its material a rose-coloured crystal, through which a clear soft light illuminated the whole scene. Across the Zodiac Some of the capitals are Corinthian; others plain, hardly more than truncated pyramids. The Prince of India — Volume 02 We have found the stone vaults at the base of similar truncated pyramids in Ohio. Atlantis : the antediluvian world |
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