arch

英 [ɑːtʃ] 美 [ɑːrtʃ]

• n. 拱；拱门；拱状物
• v. 成拱形；拱起
• adj. 主要的；调皮的

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]拱,拱门

   top or two supports, e.g. under a bridge or a church roof or above a door or window

2. [C]拱形物

   sth with this shape

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. (使)弯成拱形

   (cause to) form into an arch

adj. (形容词)

1. (指神情、声调等)调皮的,淘气的

   an arch look, tone of voice, etc. deliberately shows amusement because the person knows more than other people or more than they pretend about a situation

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 足弓，足背
2. 拱形物
3. 拱形，弓形，半圆形
4. 拱，拱门，弓形门，牌楼
5. 首领，酋长
6. 【建】弓架结构
7. 拱廊
8. 穹窿，拱顶
9. 拱洞
10. 半圆形呈弧线飞行

v. 动词

1. 形成弧形，成弓形，成拱形，弓着，成弓形弯曲，拱起，弯成拱形
2. 呈弧形移动
3. 使成弧形，使成弓形，使弯作弓形，使成曲线，弄弯，使弯曲
4. 【建】作（成）拱
5. 【建】把...作成拱形，为…修建弓形结构
6. 用拱连接，架拱，以拱跨越，用拱覆盖，盖以拱顶
7. 呈拱形覆盖，呈弧形横跨

adj. 形容词

1. 调皮的，淘气的
2. 诡诈的，狡猾的
3. 主要的，首要的，为首的
4. 总的

英英释义

Noun:

1. a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening

2. a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially the inner sides of the feet)

3. a passageway under a curved masonry construction;

   "they built a triumphal arch to memorialize their victory"
   

4. (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it

Adjective:

1. (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension

2. expert in skulduggery;

   "an arch criminal"
   

3. naughtily or annoyingly playful;

   "teasing and worrying with impish laughter"
   "a wicked prank"
   

Verb:

1. form an arch or curve;

   "her back arches"
   "her hips curve nicely"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Dip your head under the low arch.
   在低矮的门拱下要低头。
2. A pointed arch drawn from two centers within the span.
   在跨度内有两个中心点，连接两个中心点的是弧度突出的拱。
3. Have you been to the Triumphal Arch?
   你去过凯旋门吗？
4. The bridge has three arches.
   这座桥有三座拱洞。
5. Marble Arch is a famous London landmark.
   大理石拱门是著名的伦敦标志。

用作动词 (v.)

1. The cat arched its back when it saw the dog.
   那猫看见狗时就拱起了背。
2. "(actors, singers, etc.) perform for outside salary income without approval by the unit they belong to"
   走穴

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. They considered him their arch opponent.
   他们将他看成是主要对手。
2. Pepsi and Coke have been arch rivals for a long time.
   百事和可口可乐长期以来都是主要的对手。
3. Yuan Shikai was an arch usurper of state power.
   袁世凯是一个窃国大盗。
4. Blanche's grey eyes gazed at Foker with an arch twinkle.
   布兰茜那对灰色眼睛滴溜溜的，露出调皮的闪光，瞧着福克。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The bridge had seven arches.
   这座桥有七个拱洞。
2. Arches are built of wood, stone, brick or any other building material.
   拱门是用木料、石块、砖头或其他建筑材料建成的。
3. He is cursed with deformed arches.
   他受畸形足弓之苦。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. The trees arch overhead.
   树木在头顶上弯成拱形。
2. A bright rainbow arched above.
   一弯明亮的彩虹悬挂在天空。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The cat arched her back when she saw the dog.
   猫看见那只狗时拱起了背。

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. He tapped the side of his nose in an uncharacteristically arch gesture.
   他轻叩鼻侧,做了个不常见的调皮手势。

用作表语

S+be+～+ prep. -phrase

1. She was rather arch in her behaviour.
   她的举止有点淘气。

经典引文

• For this the conqueror rears The arch of triumph!

  出自： Byron

• The immense viaduct, whose arches span untroubled meadows and the dreamy flow of Tewin Water.

  出自： E. M. Forster

• A bridge with two of the largest and flattest arches.

  出自： L. T. C. Rolt

• The Romans always made the arch as a semicircle.

  出自： J. Bronowski

• Two large studio windows under the gables, crowned with Gothic pointed arches.

  出自： M. Girouard

• The most arch deed of piteous massacre.

  出自：Richard III , Shakespeare

• Thou mayest have need of thy archest magic to protect thyself.

  出自： Lytton

• Fine Deuices, of Arching Water without Spilling.

  出自： Bacon

• Dinocrates began to Arche the Temple..with Load stone.

  出自： Sir T. Browne

• The lane was arched with trees.

  出自： A. Sillitoe

• The cat arched her back and spat at the man.

  出自： D. M. Thomas

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

形容词+～

• memorial arch 纪念牌坊

～+名词

• arch bridge 拱桥
• arch dam 拱坝
• arch roof 拱形屋顶

～+介词

• blue arch of the sky 苍穹

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• arch one's eyebrows 拱起眉毛
• arch the back 拱起背

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• arch expression 调皮的笑容
• arch gesture 调皮的手势或姿势
• arch look 鬼脸
• arch smile 淘气的笑容
• arch tone 淘气的语调

词语用法

1. arch常用在前缀，常见的有arch-，arche-和archi-。正常情况下，以arch作为前缀的部分发音同arch一样，但是除了单词archangel和它的衍生词。在比较长的单词中，arch部分常发“arki:”，如archbishop (-ch-)，archiepiscopal (-k-)，和arch-deacon (-ch-)，archidiaconal (-k-)。

n. (名词)

1. arch的基本意思是“拱,拱门”,用于比喻则表示“拱形物”。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

arch, arc, bow, curve

• 这四个词都指“弯曲,曲线”。curve含意最广,指任何一种不中断但不断改变方向的曲线; arc指弧线; arch指弓形物,拱门等; bow则指射箭用的弓,弓形物,指弯曲到“U”形之物。

词源解说

• ☆ 1300年左右进入英语，直接源自古法语的arche，意为桥拱；最初源自拉丁语的arcus。

近反义词

【近义词】

• bend
• bow
• bend
• curve
• elvish
• naughty
• piquant

派生词

adj.(形容词)

• arched adj. 拱形的；拱起的‖archly adv. 调皮地