edifice是什么意思（edifice的用法）

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一、edifice是什么意思

1、edifice 大厦

2、来自PIE*aidh, 燃烧，词源同ash, ether. 原指火炉，引申义居住地，大厦。-fice,做，建造。

二、edifice的用法

1、edifice (n.)

2、late 14c., from Old French edifice "building" (12c.), from Latin aedificium "building," from aedificare "to erect a building," from aedis, variant of aedes "temple, sanctuary," usually a single edifice without partitions, also, in the plural, "dwelling house, building," originally "a place with a hearth" + the root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Aedis is from PIE *aidh- "to burn" (cognates: Greek aithein "to burn," Sanskrit inddhe "burst into flames," Old Irish aed "fire," Welsh aidd "heat, zeal," Old High German eit "funeral pile"), from root *ai- (2) "to burn" (see ash (n.1)).

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