英语词汇“corbet”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	corbet
释义	▪ I. † corbet Obs.^—1 [a. F. corbet:—Rom. type corvetto, dim. of corvus* raven, and so a synonym of OF. corbel, corbeau.] = corbel n. 2. c1384Chaucer H. Fame iii. 214 Ne how they hate yn masoneryes As corbetz [Caxton corbettis, Thynne corbettes] and ymageryes [Bodl. MS. corbettz full of ymageryes].1617Minsheu Ductor, Corbell, Corbet, or Corbill in masonrie.1656Blount Glossogr., Corbel, Corbet, or Corbil. ¶ Erroneously explained in Dictionaries, etc., from misinterpreting the prec. passage in Chaucer; the error has been extended to corbel. 1616Bullokar, Corbets, places in walles where Images stand. [So in Cockeram1623, etc.].1703T. N. City & C. Purchaser 117 Corbets, Holes left in the Walls of ancient Churches, etc., for Images to stand in.1838J. Britton Dict. Arch. 98 Corbets, Corbetts, Corbettis, have all been used as synonymous with corbels; but corbets seem more particularly to signify niches for images: Chaucer uses corbettis in this sense. ▪ II. corbet see curvet.
随便看	counter-agitation counter-appellant counter-approach counter-arch counter-argue counter-argument counter-argumentation counter-art counter-attack counter-attired counter-attraction counter-aver counterbalance counterband counter-band counterbande counter-banding counterbane counter-bar counter-barred counter-barry counterbase counter-batter counter-battery counter-battled

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