architecture

英 ['ɑːkɪtektʃə] 美['ɑrkə'tɛktʃɚ]

• n. 建筑学；建筑风格；建筑式样

1. an architectural product or work

2. the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings;

"architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use"

3. the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect

4. (computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software;

"the architecture of a computer's system software"