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- a curved symmetrical structure spanning an opening and typically supporting the weight of a bridge, roof, or wall above it拱形结构。
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- a structure of this type forming a passage or an ornamental monument拱道, 用于装饰的拱形纪念碑：
a triumphal arch.
凯旋门。
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- a shape resembling such a structure or a thing with such a shape拱形结构, 拱形物：
the delicate arch of his eyebrows.
他那纤细的弯眉。
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- the inner side of the foot足弓。
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- no obj., with adverbial of place have the curved shape of such a structure具有拱形结构：
a beautiful bridge that arched over a canal.
呈拱形横跨在运河上的一座美丽的桥。
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- form or cause to form the curved shape of such a structure呈拱形, 使成拱形：
no obj. her eyebrows arched in surprise她惊讶地耸起了眉毛
with obj. she arched her back.她弓起她的背。
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- with obj. [usu. as adj. arched] provide (a bridge, building, or part of a building) with an arch为（桥、建筑或建筑的一部分）建拱门：
high arched windows.
高高的拱形窗户。
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- archaic or poetic/literary span (something) by or as if by an arch〈古, 诗/文〉呈弓形横跨：
the vine arched his evening seat.
葡萄藤攀过他的傍晚的座椅。
词源
Middle English: from Old French arche, based on Latin arcus 'bow'.