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单词 hypocaust
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Definition of hypocaust in English:

hypocaust

noun ˈhʌɪpə(ʊ)kɔːstˈhaɪpəˌkɔst
  • An ancient Roman heating system, comprising a hollow space under the floor of a building, into which hot air was directed.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Elsewhere in the Vale of York, a villa was represented by hypocaust remains, with evidence of jet-working as well as iron slag.
    • Other thermal control elements are the galleries' hypocaust floors which are like raised office plates over a concrete slab.
    • In other respects, however, the building was relatively modest, being timber-framed, single-storey, and without a hypocaust.
    • The Korean heated floor extends this stove to operate on a whole room, like a Roman hypocaust.
    • The concrete columns, imported from Holland, also house channels for the building's heating and ventilation system, which is based on the Roman hypocaust system.
    • If his master lived in a cold climate, the first job of the day for a day would be to fire up the hypocaust.
    • Following St Johns Street opposite Newgate Street are public gardens containing columns, a reconstructed hypocaust and various building fragments.
    • The hot air flowing from furnaces in the cellar through the vents of the hypocaust went far to drive off the chill.
    • Being so thick, the walls can incorporate heating pipes, and hypocausts feature in at least two of his projects.
    • This is the last of the pilae stacks - but where's the hypocaust floor?
    • Houses were also centrally heated by what was known as a hypocaust.
    • Other mosaics, fountains and hypocausts came to light, and room after room as the palatial villa was uncovered.
    • This was done by using a furnace and the hypocaust system carried the heat around the complex.
    • Some have hypocausts of timber; others, without hypocausts, must have been heated with braziers within the rooms.
    • The larger villas were equipped with hypocausts, mosaics, painted walls and ceilings, but they remained the centres of agricultural estates.
    • Without hypocaust, mosaics or wall plaster, the stone building seems to have been a relatively low-status dwelling.

Origin

From Latin hypocaustum, from Greek hupokauston 'place heated from below', from hupo 'under' + kau- (base of kaiein 'to burn').

Definition of hypocaust in US English:

hypocaust

nounˈhīpəˌkôstˈhaɪpəˌkɔst
  • A hollow space under the floor of an ancient Roman building, into which hot air was sent for heating a room or bath.

    (古罗马)地底供暖火坑

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Following St Johns Street opposite Newgate Street are public gardens containing columns, a reconstructed hypocaust and various building fragments.
    • Some have hypocausts of timber; others, without hypocausts, must have been heated with braziers within the rooms.
    • Without hypocaust, mosaics or wall plaster, the stone building seems to have been a relatively low-status dwelling.
    • In other respects, however, the building was relatively modest, being timber-framed, single-storey, and without a hypocaust.
    • If his master lived in a cold climate, the first job of the day for a day would be to fire up the hypocaust.
    • The larger villas were equipped with hypocausts, mosaics, painted walls and ceilings, but they remained the centres of agricultural estates.
    • Other mosaics, fountains and hypocausts came to light, and room after room as the palatial villa was uncovered.
    • This was done by using a furnace and the hypocaust system carried the heat around the complex.
    • The concrete columns, imported from Holland, also house channels for the building's heating and ventilation system, which is based on the Roman hypocaust system.
    • Other thermal control elements are the galleries' hypocaust floors which are like raised office plates over a concrete slab.
    • Being so thick, the walls can incorporate heating pipes, and hypocausts feature in at least two of his projects.
    • The Korean heated floor extends this stove to operate on a whole room, like a Roman hypocaust.
    • The hot air flowing from furnaces in the cellar through the vents of the hypocaust went far to drive off the chill.
    • This is the last of the pilae stacks - but where's the hypocaust floor?
    • Elsewhere in the Vale of York, a villa was represented by hypocaust remains, with evidence of jet-working as well as iron slag.
    • Houses were also centrally heated by what was known as a hypocaust.

Origin

From Latin hypocaustum, from Greek hupokauston ‘place heated from below’, from hupo ‘under’ + kau- (base of kaiein ‘to burn’).

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