《热铁皮屋顶上的猫》（Cat on a Hot Tin Roof）这出剧的名字就来源于剧情给人的无休无止的感觉，很明显，这种说法又源自一个更古老的俗语：好像热砖上的猫（like a cat on hot bricks）。

The play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is named because of the sense of restlessness of the play and is evidently based on an older idiom “like a cat on hot bricks.”

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坡屋顶由带柱的门廊支承，两端有门廊（无柱庙宇），廊柱在四周排列（绕柱神庙），或者围有双层柱子。

Was supported by columns with a portico at each end ( amphiprostyle temple ) a colonnade extending all around ( peripheral temple ) or a double line of columns all around ( dipteral temple ).

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“通过无檐的屋顶及锯齿形的体量，建筑材料和色彩都达到了连续的效果。”建筑师说。

"The material and colour provide continuity through the absence of eaves, unifying the 'jagged' aspect of the volumes," the architect said.

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