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noun

1. （教堂东端的）半圆形小室
   a small area, often in the shape of a semicircle , usually at the east end of a church

1. It is designed like a generic Roman basilica, with three aisles and an apse.
   它设计得像一座普通的罗马长方形基督教堂，有三条走廊和一个半圆形的后殿。
2. Christian churches have usually been oriented with the apse or altar at the eastern end.
   基督教的教堂常以放在东端的后堂或圣坛朝向。
3. There are, invariably, two naves, which intersect in a cross, and whose upper portion, rounded into an apse, forms the choir;
   中堂永远一成不变地分成两个殿，交叉成十字形，上顶端圆弧形后殿是训练唱诗班的地方；
4. As a matter of fact, the stone was found close by the apse of the church.
   事实上，石头是在圣堂靠近半圆壁龛处被发现的。
5. In the W.end was a huge apse, 20m in diameter, where a colossal seated statue of Maxentius stood.
   在西面的尽头是一个巨大的后殿，20米的直径，一个巨大的马克森提站立的雕塑。
6. The apse of a Christian church that contains the bishop's throne.
   包括主教王座的基督教教堂的后殿。
7. Scleral and corneal laceration with iris prol-apse caused by an eagle claw
   鹰爪抓伤所致的巩膜和角膜裂伤伴虹膜脱出

noun

1. a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church

   Synonym:    apsis