大学英语词汇短语释义解析及例句 arch
释义：
arch n. 拱门；拱顶；足弓；拱形物
v. （使）成弓形，拱起
adj. 淘气的，调皮的；傲慢自大的；主要的
comb. 极度的，为首的
【名】 （Arch）（英）阿奇，（德）阿尔希（人名）
[ 复数 arches 第三人称单数 arches 现在分词 arching 过去式 arched 过去分词 arched ]
例句：
He went under a brick arch.
他从一座砖拱门下面走过。
Marble Arch is a famous London landmark.
大理石拱门是伦敦著名的标志性建筑。
The arch once stood alone at the entrance to the castle.
拱门曾经孤零零地矗立在城堡的入口处。
They walked together through the arch and into the cobbled courtyard.
他们一起走过拱门，来到了铺着鹅卵石的庭院。
"Good girl," said Frank, winding the bandages around the arch of her foot.
“好姑娘，”弗兰克说道，一边把绷带缠在她的足弓上。
When she passed under the arch leading out of the park, Mira whooped with delight.
从通向公园外的拱门下走过时，米拉高兴地喊叫起来。
Roman builders perfected the semicircular arch made of separate blocks of stone.
罗马的建造者完善了由不同的石块构成的半圆形拱门。
As a method of spanning space, the arch can support greater weight than a horizontal beam.
作为一种跨越空间的方法，拱能够承受比水平梁更大的重量。
Looking from a distance like a gigantic arch, it is a continuous loop, a kind of square doughnut.
从远处看像一座巨大的拱门，它是一个连续的环，像一种方形面包圈。
That invention was the arch, a curved structure originally made of separate stone or brick segments.
这一发明就是拱门，一种最初由分段的石头或砖块组成的弧形结构。
Slot your foot (big toe up, pinky toe down) into the crack up to the arch of your foot, keeping your knee out to the side.
把你的脚尖（大脚趾在上，小指在下）楔入裂缝中去，直到你的足弓的部分，膝盖保持向外。
The arch is among the many important structural breakthroughs that have characterized architecture throughout the centuries.
拱门是彰显了数世纪以来的建筑特色的许多重要结构性突破之一。
Look for natural frames, such as an arch or the shaded walls of a canyon. A frame can be a dramatic device to enhance your subject.
寻找自然的框架，比如一个拱形或峡谷涯壁的阴影。一个框架可以是一个戏剧性的装置来突出你的主题。
It seemed to take Sirius an age to fall: his body curved in a graceful arc as he sank backward through the ragged veil hanging from the arch.
小天狼星摔倒好像用了很长时间：当他向后摔倒，通过了拱门上粗糙的帘子时，他的身体蜷成了一个优美的拱形。
It works in compression to divert the weight above it out to the sides, where the weight is borne by the vertical elements on either side of the arch.
在受到压力时，拱形结构能够起到将其上面的压力转移到侧面，在侧面的重量则由拱形结构两侧的垂直部分来承受。
The present Catherine has no other likeness to her, except a breadth of the forehead and a certain arch of the nostril that makes her appear rather haughty.
现在的凯瑟琳没有别的地方像她，除了宽额和有点拱起的鼻孔，这使她显得简直有点高傲。
The arch was used by the early cultures of the Mediterranean area chiefly for underground drains, but it was the Romans who first developed and used the arch extensively in aboveground structures.
在地中海区域的早期文明中，拱形结构主要被运用在地下排水管上，但在地上建筑中首先发展并广泛使用拱门的是罗马人。
I also enjoyed the sights of the Arch of Triumph.
我还欣赏到了凯旋门的景色。
He asked with interest when she spoke of the arch enemy.
当她谈到大仇人时，他感兴趣地问。
I scored the winning goal in soccer against our arch-rival.
我在足球比赛中踢进了制胜一球，打败了我们的劲敌。
