英英释义
Kiva
- abstract: Kiva is a Canadian harmonic overtone singer keyboard player and songwriter, based in Prague, Czech Republic. She is internationally recognized as a western pioneer in world beat/jazz music, particularly the art of harmonic overtone singing (singing two pitches simultaneously) which she both performs and teaches.
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柯林斯英汉双解大词典
kiva /ˈkiːvə/
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N a large underground or partly underground room in a Pueblo Indian village, used chiefly for religious ceremonies (普埃布洛印第安人庆祝用的)大型地下室
双语例句权威例句
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For example, the mission churches share certain spatial qualities with the indigenous kiva, a round, partly subterranean room used by many Southwest Native American communities for important rituals.
例如，这些教会与当地的 kiva（一种圆形的地下房间）在空间上有一些相似之处，许多西南地区的印第安人社区用它来举行重要的仪式。
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In deference to European custom, the ceilings of these churches were higher than those of the traditional kiva.
为了遵从欧洲的习俗，这些教堂的天花板比传统的地下礼堂的天花板要高。
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The continued viability of the kiva itself in Spanish mission settlements has also been underestimated by historians.
基瓦本身在西班牙传教定居点的持续生命力也被历史学家们低估了。
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