Semicircle

(noun.) a plane figure with the shape of half a circle.

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• Entering a portal, fastened only by a latch, I stood amidst a space of enclosed ground, from which the wood swept away in a semicircle. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• The rails form a semicircle at the post, with the ends of the arc pointing down the alley. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Clemenceau sat with Signor Orlando in the more central chairs of a semicircle of four in front of the fire, says Keynes. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• This is our Temple of Thespis, said Justinian, as they stood in the centre of the semicircle, which was at a moderate distance from the stage. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• He was approaching; the semicircle was almost travelled round; he came to the last pupil; he turned. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• It was modelled on that of Athens,—a large semicircle hewn out of the volcanic rock, with seats of the red limestone so frequent in Melnos. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• The Austrian crown is a sort of cleft tiara, having in the middle a semicircle of gold supporting a mound and cross; the tiara rests on a circle with pendants like those of a miter. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The servants were called in, the dining-room tables wheeled away, the lights otherwise disposed, the chairs placed in a semicircle opposite the arch. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• The girls stood in a semicircle; he was passing round, giving his farewells, pressing each hand, touching with his lips each cheek. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.

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