单词 | architectural |
释义 | architecturaladj. Of, relating to, or according to, architecture. spec. Of furniture or other household objects: resembling architecture in style or ornament. Also transferred and figurative. Cf. architecture n. 5. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > [adjective] architectonical1608 architective1611 architectonic1645 oecodomical1678 architectural1762 1762–94 J. Stuart Antiq. Athens (R.) No fragment of sculpture or architectural ornaments was to be found there. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands I. 31 The architectural monuments of the Romans. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. i. 21 A folio volume of architectural engravings. 1876 C. M. Yonge Womankind xxx. 268 Architectural furniture..seems to me simply fitted for puppets. 1941 W. H. Auden New Year Let. 14 Repair the antique silence the insects broke In an architectural passion. 1959 D. Cooke Lang. Music i. 2 Medieval music was largely architectural in conception. 1960 H. Hayward Connoisseur's Handbk. Antique Collecting 17/2 Architectural clock, a clock in which the hood, in long-case, and the top in mantel clocks, is in the style of a classical pediment. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1762 |
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