- 1翼廊、耳堂（教堂十字形平面上左右伸出的那兩隻手臂）
In a big old church, the part that sticks out on each side, crossing the long main hall. Picture a church from above: there is a long body running from the door to the altar, and then, near the altar end, a shorter arm reaching out left and right. Those two arms are the transepts — and they are what make the whole building look like a cross from the sky. People say 'the north transept' and 'the south transept' for the two arms, and 'the transept' for the crossing part as a whole. This is a word from architecture and from church buildings, mostly the older European kind — cathedrals, abbeys, big stone churches. You will meet it in , museum labels, history classes, and tours, not in ordinary conversation. Most modern churches, and most churches in Taiwan, do not have transepts at all, so students often meet the word first while travelling or reading about Europe.
組成From Latin trans- 'across' + saeptum 'fence, partition, an enclosed space' — so, roughly, 'the enclosed part that lies across'. It came into English through French and modern Latin.
同家族的字
- transportshares trans- 'across'
- transfershares trans- 'across'
- transcontinentalshares trans- 'across'
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
transeptnoun/ˈtɹænsɛpt/
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architectureThe transversal part of a church, which crosses at right angles to the greatest length, and between the nave and choir. In the basilicas, this had often no projection at its two ends. In Gothic churches these project greatly, and should be called the arms of the transept. It is common, however, to speak of the arms themselves as the transepts.
- Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.
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