If something is geodesic, in the way learners usually meet the word, it has a roundish shape built from many small flat faces — mostly triangles, sometimes pentagons — fitted together so the whole thing curves, like a football or a dome.

If something is geodesic如果某樣東西是 geodesic 的, in the way learners usually meet the word照學習者通常遇到這個字的用法來說, it has a roundish shape就是有一種圓滾滾的形狀 built from many small flat faces由很多小平面拼成 — mostly triangles, sometimes pentagons——大多是三角形,有時是五邊形 — fitted together so the whole thing curves拼在一起讓整體呈現弧形, like a football or a dome就像足球或圓頂建築。

A geodesic dome is the famous example: a light, strong hall or greenhouse made of a triangle net.

A geodesic dome測地線圓頂 is the famous example是最有名的例子: a light, strong hall or greenhouse是一種輕巧堅固的大廳或溫室 made of a triangle net由三角形網格構成。

Though actually, scientists first used geodesic for the shortest path you can draw on a curved surface (the way a plane’s route looks bent on a flat map but is “straight” on the globe). The dome is named from that idea: its bars follow those short curves.

Though actually不過, scientists first used geodesic科學家最初用 geodesic 這個字 for the shortest path you can draw on a curved surface指你能在曲面上畫出的最短路徑 (the way a plane's route looks bent on a flat map but is "straight" on the globe)(就像飛機航線在平面地圖上看起來是彎的,但在地球儀上其實是「直的」)。 The dome is named from that idea圓頂就是從這個概念得名: its bars follow those short curves它的支架就是沿著那些最短曲線走的。

You will hear the adjective most often with “dome.” It is a specialist word — building design, maths, science museums — not daily talk.

You will hear the adjective most often with "dome."你最常聽到這個形容詞是跟「dome」一起出現。 It is a specialist word這是專業用語 — building design, maths, science museums——建築設計、數學、科學博物館裡才會用 — not daily talk——不是日常會用到的字。