单词乎

cornerstone

音标['kɔ:nəstəun]

汉语翻译

n. 奠基石, 基础

英语解释

名词 cornerstone:

  1. the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
    同义词:basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork
  2. a stone in the exterior of a large and important building; usually carved with a date and laid with appropriate ceremonies
  3. a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls

详细解释


cornerstone 也作 corner stone

n.(名词)


A stone at the corner of a building uniting two intersecting walls; a quoin.
墙角石:用于联结一个建筑中两个相交的墙壁的角落处的石头;角石
Such a stone, often inscribed, laid at a ceremony marking the origin of a building.
奠基石:在建筑物动工的仪式上设置的一种铭刻有字的石头
An indispensable and fundamental basis:
不可分割且根本性的基础:
例句:
the cornerstone of an argument.
争论的基础



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