• n. （東方寺院的）寶塔；印度的舊金幣

可能來自中國古代的八角塔音譯，后由歐洲人將該詞引入歐洲，或來自波斯語butkada,來自but,神，kada,廟。

pagoda

pagoda: [17] The immediate source of pagoda was Portuguese pagoda, but this is generally assumed to have been an adaptation of Persian butkada, a compound put together from but ‘idol’ and kada ‘dwelling, temple’. Its form was no doubt influenced by bhagodī, a word for ‘holy’ in the vernacular languages of India.

pagoda (n.)

1580s, pagode (modern form from 1630s), from Portuguese pagode (early 16c.), perhaps from a corruption of Persian butkada, from but "idol" + kada "dwelling." Or perhaps from or influenced by Tamil pagavadi "house belonging to a deity," from Sanskrit bhagavati "goddess," fem. of bhagavat "blessed, adorable," from *bhagah "good fortune," from PIE root *bhag- "to share out, apportion" (cognates: Greek phagein "to eat;" see -phagous).

1. The word "Pagoda" was introduced to Europe by the 17th century Portuguese.

Pagoda這個詞由17世紀的葡萄牙人引入歐洲。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The ancient pagoda is still there, but not in its integrity.

那座古塔還在, 但是不完整了.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

3. An ancient pagoda frowns on the mountainside.

一座古塔陰森森地矗立在山腰上.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. Regardless of danger, he climbed the pagoda.

他不顧危險地爬上了高塔.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. The ancient pagoda is undergoing repairs.

那座古塔正在修繕中.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》