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单词 pyramidical
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They are churning out large numbers of pyramidical concrete blocks, known as “dragon’s teeth,” to impede Ukraine’s fast-moving military vehicles. Pentagon official: Russian military ‘like a reality TV show’ after firing of Ukraine commander 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z
It's a pretty pyramidical structure and by the time you're in your mid-30s there's nowhere to go in the bank and you move elsewhere. Product controller: 'If you've been there for a while, it becomes harder to suddenly say: by the way, I am gay' 2013-05-23T10:00:02Z
Surrounded by a group of dominoes stood the kind Don Feliciano Gomez, whose shining, bald, pyramidical head overtopped the circle of ladies around him as they cracked their insufferable jokes, which sometimes bordered on insults. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z
It is wholly an artificial hill, somewhat pyramidical in shape, and 170 feet in height. The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z
According to Giotto's original plan, the whole was to have been crowned with a pyramidical steeple or spire; Vasari says that it was abandoned "because it was a German thing, and of antiquated fashion." The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z
He was going to have a pyramidical thing about fifty feet high. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z
The building is of the Gothic order, as well as most of the other pyramidical temples of the Hindoos. Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z
Then, again, within the last thirty years, a number of caneyes or pyramidical mounds, covering human remains, many of them in a fossilized condition, have been discovered in the same part of the island. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z
So, beforehand he felt the pyramidical scorn of the genuine loftiness for the whole infinite company of infinitesimal critics. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z
There rose right in front of them two massive ruins of pyramidical form, which must at one time have been of great height. The Ruined Cities of Zululand
A large furnace of earth is constructed in a pyramidical form.  Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2]
The whole building ran up in rather a pyramidical form, on the summit of which was the small tower with the idols. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain.
On one side was engraved a temple, on the other a flaming altar, with the words nil nisi vobis; on the pyramidical cover stood a Roman soldier leaning on his shield. Old and New London Volume I
The high pyramidical capping or roof of a tower. The Church Handy Dictionary
On a terrace in the upper part of the village is the temple of Raghunath, built of huge uncemented stones, pyramidical in form and capped by a white cupola. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter"
This is a convenient auxiliary to the cook: it may be arranged as a pyramidical epergne for a dormant in the centre of the table, or as a travelling store-chest. The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual
The Mount is really a pyramidical mass of granite, a mile in circumference, capped by a cluster of castellated buildings. The Cornish Riviera
Near Saratoga, on the borders of a marsh, are several remarkable mineral springs: one of these, in the crater of a rock, of pyramidical form, and about five feet in height, is particularly curious. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe
Next to it was another pyramidical peak, also very lofty, but not so high and beautiful as its neighbor. An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet
It is more wild and rugged, its ridge is broader, and its summits less pyramidical. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests
On both sides of the gate, and on the broad front wall, are pyramidical battlements with tapering ends. The Caravan Route between Egypt and Syria
From this pyramidical elevation the view is boundless; you look immediately down upon an immense expanse of sea. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2
It is on the borders of the coal country—that village, and all around it rise the great pyramidical slag heaps of the pits. No Man's Land
Beneath this is a lady in a pyramidical habit walking the Park; and as the companion picture, we have a blind man walking the streets. The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency
Never did town present sweeter aspect than Bingen, at the foot of a pyramidical hill, which is crowned by the ruined Castle of Klopp. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland
The pyramidical form is also intended to remind us of our mortality. The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge
The nests were of a pyramidical figure, from a few inches to six feet high, and very much resembled the stones in England, which are said to be monuments of the Druids. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13
Having thus drawn the outline of my pyramidical mental system, I propose to expatiate a little on each point or stage throughout the great characteristic line of intellectual power. An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Taste, and of the Origin of our Ideas of Beauty, etc.
There are many of these idol houses, both large and small, which are ordinarily constructed in a pyramidical form, like little hills, sugar-loaves or bells, some of them being as high as an ordinary steeple. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07
Its form, judging from what remains, must have been pyramidical, composed of several stages, forming octagons, retreating one above the other. The Idler in France
At the entrance of the hippodrome there is a pyramidical obelisk of granite, in one piece, about fifty feet high, terminating in a point, and charged with hieroglyphics. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 487, April 30, 1831
In this state they supply the community with provisions from subterraneous cavities, fabricate their pyramidical buildings, and may with great propriety be called labourers. Observations Upon the Windward Coast of Africa
The pyramidical entrances of the Indian pagodas are analogous to the Egyptian propyla, while the large pillared rooms which support a flat roof of stone, are found frequently in the temples of both countries. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 565, September 8, 1832
Before us, in the middle of the plain, on which we now rode, was the pyramidical mountain, Piton du Milieu. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 538, March 17, 1832
The principal structures do not follow the straight line, but begin with pyramidical towers which flank the gateways. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.
It was as though the ship lay in the vortex of a whirlpool, so high on either side of her were piled the rough pyramidical masses of sea. For the Term of His Natural Life
We entered a dead level plain of orange-colored sand, surrounded by pyramidical hills. In the Heart of Africa
In front and in the middle was erected an expiatory monument of a pyramidical shape, and surmounted by a funeral vase. The Paris Sketch Book
The external ornamentation of buildings was chiefly by cornices of various kinds, by basement mouldings, by carvings about doorways,681 by hemispherical or pyramidical roofs, and by the use of bevelled stones in the walls. History of Phoenicia
A second pylon, or pyramidical tower, now leads to the interior and most considerable part of the temple, a portico inclosed with walls, which only receives light through the entablature or openings in the roof. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.
Exactly opposite the village of Gozerajup are curious natural landmarks,—four pyramidical hills of granite that can be seen for many miles' distance in this perfectly level country. The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs
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