pyramid: [16] Egypt seems a likely ultimate source for pyramid, but its earliest known ancestor is Greek puramís, which passed into English via Latin pyramis. Pediment ‘triangular gable’ [17] probably originated as a garbling of pyramid, later influenced by ped-, the stem of Latin pēs ‘foot’. => pediment
pyramid (n.)
1550s (earlier in Lat
权威例句
1. There rose before us the great pyramid of Gaza.
雄伟的加沙金字塔矗立在我们面前。
来自柯林斯例句
2. a pyramid of cans in a shop window
商店橱窗中摆成金字塔形的罐头
来自《权威词典》
3. Traditionally, the Brahmins, or the priestly class, are set at the top of the social pyramid.
传统上，婆罗门，或称僧侣阶级，处于社会金字塔的顶端。
来自柯林斯例句
4. On a plate in front of him was piled a pyramid of flat white biscuits.
在他面前的盘子上有一摞摆成金字塔形状的白色薄饼。
来自柯林斯例句
5. A twenty-foot steel pyramid is to be hoisted into position on top of the tower.
