Tra từ arch - Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an arch enemy (=main enemy, used for emphasis)
▪ The comic book character Lex Luthor is Superman’s arch enemy.
proscenium arch (=the arch over the stage where the curtain can be attached)
▪ the proscenium arch
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADJECTIVE
gothic
▪ On either side of the large doors is a gallery of Gothic arches facing west.
▪ Neville's eyebrows soared into a Gothic arch.
▪ This, in turn became a basic geometry for the pointed gothic arch.
▪ Once a Doge's palace, ornate stairways, gothic arches and balustrades remain.
triumphal
▪ It was built as a triumphal arch for King Matthias in 1614.
▪ Entering the village was like passing under an invisible triumphal arch, quite splendid.
▪ You will note that the triumphal arch meets the traveller straight off the Charles Bridge.
▪ The last element to be added was the magnificent triumphal arch at the entrance from the Piazza del Duomo.
▪ Apart from the interior triumphal arch, which is pointed, the other arches are semi-circular.
▪ Other Roman remains include the public baths and triumphal arch of Augustus.
NOUN
stone
▪ More thick dry stone arches connect the two ruins and lead the eye into a singular landscape.
▪ A neat stone arch and a flight of steps were built at the entrance and these have survived.
▪ She ran through the stone arch.
▪ Half way down was a stone arch over the tunnel entrance.
▪ The interior walls are also of plain brick with stone arches and columns and particularly fine late Gothic traceried windows.
VERB
build
▪ A path has now been built under the arch of the bridge at the east end of Glasgow Green.
▪ It was built as a triumphal arch for King Matthias in 1614.
▪ The bridge was built on nineteen great arches.
▪ It's quite easy to build the arch, however, if you are allowed to subtract stones as well as add them.
▪ Start by building a solid heap of stones, then build the arch resting on top of this solid foundation.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
lancet window/arch
▪ At the west end is a beautiful pointed window, and at the east end three lancet windows.
▪ He whiled away the time by contemplating the stained glass lancet windows behind the preacher and the holy table.
▪ Plasteel mullions divided the narrow, high lancet windows of stained armour-glass.
▪ The courtyard was overlooked by the lancet windows of the manorial home itself, and a large chapel.
▪ The fact that this contains three lancet windows shows that this was once a building.
▪ There was a patch of light from the lancet window making a pattern on the floor of the chapel.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Graffiti covered the arch at the base of Fifth Avenue.
▪ It also has a horseshoe arch entrance to the sanctuary, but its decoration is poorer than that at S. Juan.
▪ It was built as a triumphal arch for King Matthias in 1614.
▪ More thick dry stone arches connect the two ruins and lead the eye into a singular landscape.
▪ Repeat for the other side of the arch.
▪ Sculptures of angels dance among the soaring arches that form the ceiling of the mission.
▪ The arch is a beacon for folks heading West.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADVERB
back
▪ In full stride in the 400 meters, his head is arched back, his step shorter than the classic sprinter.
▪ He arched back stiffly in the chair.
▪ Feet braced, back arched, she put both hands on the machine, trying to wrest it back.
▪ His hands were on her smooth, arched back, sliding down the curve.
▪ The weight and angle of him; the true-to-life beard hair on him; arched back, educated hands.
NOUN
body
▪ Your body is arching, your pelvis is thrown forward. 12.07 am.
▪ I felt my body arching to meet his in a way that was familiar but new in its violence.
▪ Jezrael's body arched languorously; her dream-self believed she was nestling closer to the Magyar.
▪ I felt my body begin arching in a way it never had before.
▪ His body arched as jagged nails scored bloody tracks down his back.
▪ My body was arching and bucking uncontrollably beneath him.
▪ His body was arched as though he had been forced to retreat.
eyebrow
▪ The two silent students looked at each other, eyebrows arching.
▪ Her forehead was high, her eyebrows delicately arched.
▪ His cheeks sucked in and his eyebrows arched as if he were angry.
▪ As she read, her eyebrows arched.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ The dog arched its back and showed its teeth.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Rachel daintily arched one eyebrow as if I had mentioned inviting her servants to some feast or revelry.
▪ Strings of spittle hanging from pointed teeth to lower lip reflected moonshine as the cadaverous head arched skywards.
▪ The bar extends along the left wall with a stuffed marlin arched above it that I suspect was never really alive.
▪ The private swans arch out their feathers and preen and nourish themselves.
▪ They arch out to a five-foot width, then narrow quickly toward the bow and stern.
▪ Thick white branches arch as far out as the tree is tall, sometimes at seemingly impossible angles.
III. adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ an arch tone
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He was right, in the arch sense that he meant it, as a means of chiding overanxious environmentalists.
▪ His soulless eyes are narrowed and sullen, and his arch goatee recalls an amoral Transylvanian count.

arch

I. arch¹ /ɑːtʃ $ ɑːrtʃ/ noun [COUNTABLE]
[date : 1200-1300; Language : Old French; Origin : arche, from Latin arcus; ⇨ arc]
1. a structure with a curved top and straight sides that supports the weight of a bridge or building

2. a curved structure above a door, window etc

3. a curved structure of bones in the middle of your foot

4. something with a curved top and straight sides

II. arch² verb [INTRANSITIVE AND TRANSITIVE]
to form or make something form a curved shape:
　 ▪ Two rows of trees arched over the driveway.
　 ▪ The dog arched its back.

III. arch³ adjective
[date : 1500-1600; Origin : arch- in such combinations as arch-rogue and arch-villain]
amused because you think you understand something better than other people:
　 ▪ ‘I think he’s in for a surprise,’ Ian said, in a somewhat arch tone.

—archly adverb