English Dictionary

pyramid

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpɪɹəmɪd/

名詞

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An ancient massive construction with a square or rectangular base and four triangular sides meeting in an apex, such as those built as tombs in Egypt or as bases for temples in Mesoamerica.

日本語の意味

エジプトなどで古代に建造された、正方形または長方形の底面と、頂点で交わる4つの三角形の側面を持つ巨大な建造物。墓や寺院の基盤として利用された。

Tourists stood in awe beneath the shadow of the ancient pyramid as the sun set behind it.

観光客たちは、夕日が背後に沈む中、古代のピラミッドの影の下に立ち、畏敬の念を抱いた。

意味（1）

An ancient massive construction with a square or rectangular base and four triangular sides meeting in an apex, such as those built as tombs in Egypt or as bases for temples in Mesoamerica.

意味（2）

A construction in the shape of a pyramid, usually with a square or rectangular base.

[T]he owners of Doddington Hall, in Lincolnshire, have brought the folly into the 21st century, by building a 30ft pyramid in the grounds of the Elizabethan manor.

意味（3）

(geometry) A solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal (often square or rectangular) base.

意味（4）

(neuroanatomy) A medullary pyramid, the medial-most bumps on the ventral side of the medulla oblongata

意味（5）

(UK, dated) The game of pool in which the balls are placed in the form of a triangle at spot.

意味（6）

A pyramid scheme.

意味（7）

(card games, uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of Pyramid. (a solitaire card game)

意味（8）

(card games) The triangular layout of cards in the game of Pyramid.

Build your pyramid with all cards face down, except the cards in the bottom row.

意味（9）

(journalism) An approximately triangular headline consisting of several centered lines of text of increasing length.

[…] with a cross-line banner, a set of two-column pyramids beneath it in the middle, and on each side of these exactly the same thing,—something between a headline and a story—$50,000 Reward for— etc.

pyramids （ plural ）