- a city in eastern Germany, the capital of Saxony, on the River Elbe; pop. 504,800 (est. 2006). Famous for its baroque architecture, it was almost totally destroyed by Allied bombing in 1945.德累斯顿（德国东部城市, 萨克森州首府, 临易北河, 2006年估计人口504,800; 以巴罗克式建筑闻名, 在1945年盟军轰炸中几乎完全被毁）。