| 释义 |
lettrine|lɛˈtriːn|
[a. Fr.]
An initial letter, often decorated, and larger than the size of the text it accompanies.
1932Joyce Let. 11 Nov. (1957) II. 326 He liked her alphabet and has written to the manager of Burns and Oates about using these lettrines for a reprint of Chaucer's A.B.C. poem. 1934Ibid. 25 Apr. (1966) III. 302, I enclose..two lettrines of hers. 1970Private Library III. 174 Wood engravings such as the ‘lettrine’ (initial letter) that figures at the beginning of this article. |