superstructionとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

superstruction (複数形 superstructions)

1. The act of superstructing, or building upon.
   • 1852, George T. Clark, The Castles of Kidwelly and Caephilly, and of Castell Coch, London: W. Pickering, “Kidwelly Castle,” p. 8,^[1]

     The wall has been thickened to give dept to the gateway, and possibly to allow of the superstruction of a low tower above it.

2. That which is built on some foundation; an edifice; a superstructure.
   • 1668, John Denham, Preface to the translation of two poems, in Poems and Translations, 6th edition, London: Jacob Tonson, 1719, p. 89,^[2]

     […] for I love not to improve the Honour of the Living, by impairing that of the Dead; and my own Profession hath taught me, not to erect new Superstructions upon an old Ruin.

   • 1716, Thomas Browne, Christian Morals, 2nd edition edited by Samuel Johnson, London: J. Payne, 1756, Part I, p. 17,^[3]

     Since virtuous superstructions have commonly generous foundations, dive into thy inclinations, and early discover what nature bids thee to be, or tells thee thou may’st be.