【每日一词】 Byzantine - n. 拜占庭人，拜占庭派的建筑师 adj. 拜占庭式的；东罗马帝国的；错综复杂的；暗中的
Definition:
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adjective
Byz·an·tine ˈbi-zᵊn-ˌtēn ˈbī-, -ˌtīn; bə-ˈzan-ˌtēn, bī-ˈzan-
1: of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient city of Byzantium
Byzantine art
2：architecture : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of architecture developed in the Byzantine Empire especially in the fifth and sixth centuries featuring the dome carried on pendentives over a square and incrustation with marble veneering and with colored mosaics on grounds of gold
3 Christianity : of or relating to the churches using a traditional Greek rite and subject to Eastern (see eastern sense 2) canon law
4 often not capitalized
a: of, relating to, or characterized by a devious and usually surreptitious manner of operation
a Byzantine power struggle
b: intricately involved : labyrinthine
rules of Byzantine complexity
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noun: a native or inhabitant of Byzantium
短语
Byzantine Empire: 拜占庭帝国；
Byzantine Museum: 拜占庭博物馆
Byzantine Art: 拜占庭艺术；
galley-byzantine: 火舰系
byzantine carpet: 拜占廷地毯；拜占庭地毯
byzantine embroidery: 拜占廷刺绣
byzantine fault tolerance: 拜占庭将军问题
Byzantine Church: 拜占庭教会；拜占庭帝国教堂
byzantine saffron: 拜占庭番红花
Examples of Byzantine in a Sentence
Adjective
spent his first year at the Pentagon just trying to fathom its byzantine workings
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
The next invaders to occupy Athens were the Romans, who successfully besieged the city in 86 B.C.E. As the Roman Empire declined and the Byzantine Empire rose in the fourth century C.E., Athens lost importance, becoming a small village at the edge of Byzantine territory.
—Demetrios Ioannou, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Aug. 2024
The sixth century Byzantine bucket, likely made in Turkey, depicts a North African hunting scene featuring warriors, lions and a hunting dog.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 10 Aug. 2024
Noun
The next invaders to occupy Athens were the Romans, who successfully besieged the city in 86 B.C.E. As the Roman Empire declined and the Byzantine Empire rose in the fourth century C.E., Athens lost importance, becoming a small village at the edge of Byzantine territory.
—Demetrios Ioannou, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Aug. 2024
Now, new research at Sutton Hoo has not only uncovered more fragments that belong to the bucket but also offered fresh insight into the history of the vessel that once traveled from a part of the Byzantine Empire called Antioch, located in modern-day Turkey, to the eastern coast of Britain.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 10 Aug. 2024
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