the art or practice of designing and constructing buildings 建筑艺术,建筑业 ■the style in which a building is designed and constructed, especially with regard to a specific period, place, or culture (尤指一定时期、地域或文化的)建筑风格 Georgian architecture. 乔治王朝时代的建筑风格。
the complex or carefully designed structure of something (复杂或精心设计的)结构 the chemical architecture of the human brain. 人脑的化学结构。 ■[count noun]the conceptual structure and logical organization of a computer or computer-based system 计算机(或计算机系统)的概念结构(或逻辑架构)