| 单词 | curtain wall |
| 释义 | > as lemmascurtain wall curtain wall n. (a) see sense 4b (b) see quot. 1901. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > wall of building > [noun] > other specific types of wall firewall?1666 truss-partition1823 bearing wall1833 sleeper wall1845 curtain wall1859 fender wall1894 cavity wall1910 apron wall1934 storage wall1945 spine wall1949 curtain walling1958 sleeper walling1971 Trombe1978 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [noun] > that which encloses > an enclosing barrier > enclosing wall walla1400 immurea1616 curtain1633 ring wall1828 curtain wall1859 the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > wall > wall around something walla1400 curtain1633 ring wall1828 curtain wall1859 the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > wall > other types of wall sidewall1381 brick wall1465 outwall1535 parpen1591 parapet1598 inwall?1611 breastwork1673 parapet wall1682 dwarf1718 screen1761 screen wall1770 hollow wall1823 alure1853 curtain wall1859 core-wall1899 blank wall1904 1859 J. H. Parker Some Acct. Domest. Archit. IV. vii. 226 A curtain wall connecting it. a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. 250 As buttresses increased in projection, greater and greater openings in the curtain wall were ventured on. 1901 R. Sturgis Dict. Archit. I. 731 Curtain wall. In modern construction, most often a thin subordinate wall between two piers or other supporting members; the curtain being primarily a filling and having no share—or but little—in the support of other portions of the structure. Thus, in skeleton construction, curtain walls are built between each two encased columns and..on a girder at each floor level. 1930 Engineering 1 Aug. 131/3 The curtain wall [of the Welland Ship Canal] is 3 ft. 6 in. thick and set back 10 ft. 6 in. from the upstream face. 1950 Archit. Rev. 107 221 On the ground (banking floor) these curtain walls are of glass blocks to give the maximum light without permitting passers-by to see inside. 1952 Archit. Rev. 112 392 ‘Curtain wall’ is a recent American term for a form of rigid skin walling. It is basically an extension of sheet cladding to cover wider spans... In a more developed form it includes the growing practice, particularly on slab blocks, of covering a complete elevation with subsidiary framing holding both cladding and windows. < as lemmas |
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