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

C1. General attributive (esp. in sense 2), as acanthus decoration, acanthus plant, acanthus scroll, acanthus wreath, etc.

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1769 Gentleman's Mag. June 315/2 Architecture, in a contemplating attitude,..having at her feet the basket and acanthus root which gave rise to the Corinthian order.

1810 C. T. Watkins Portable Cycl. at Abacus The invention is attributed to Callimachus; who seeing a basket covered with a tile over the root of an acanthus plant which grew on the grave of a young lady, was so struck with the appearance, that he executed a capital in imitation of it.

1832 Ld. Tennyson Lotos-eaters: Choric Song vi, in Poems (new ed.) 115 The emeraldcoloured water falling Thro' many a wov'n acanthus-wreath divine!

1838 H. G. Knight Normans in Sicily 121 The arch itself is plain, with two sinkings, and a single bed mould, enriched with an acanthus scroll.

1875 J. H. Pollen Anc. & Mod. Furnit. 85 Figured sculpture..in the form of..acanthus foliations.

1936 A. W. Clapham Romanesque Archit. W. Europe iii. 62 In some of the Pavian churches an acanthus decoration is to be met with, consisting of a regular diaper or brocade pattern of palmette leaves.

1978 K. Basford Green Man 11 Once installed in their new position, the capitals were painted in bright colours, the leaf masks and volutes golden yellow and the acanthus ornament below them red.

1990 Smithsonian Jan. 58/1 The big-antlered deer tripping on light feet through a fretwork of acanthus boughs to a pool of rippling water might simply be thirsty deer.

2001 Art Room Catal. Autumn 9/3 The large, showy leaves of the acanthus plant are a popular motif in Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau designs.

单词	acanthus decoration
释义	> as lemmas acanthus decoration C1. General attributive (esp. in sense 2), as acanthus decoration, acanthus plant, acanthus scroll, acanthus wreath, etc. ΚΠ 1769 Gentleman's Mag. June 315/2 Architecture, in a contemplating attitude,..having at her feet the basket and acanthus root which gave rise to the Corinthian order. 1810 C. T. Watkins Portable Cycl. at Abacus The invention is attributed to Callimachus; who seeing a basket covered with a tile over the root of an acanthus plant which grew on the grave of a young lady, was so struck with the appearance, that he executed a capital in imitation of it. 1832 Ld. Tennyson Lotos-eaters: Choric Song vi, in Poems (new ed.) 115 The emeraldcoloured water falling Thro' many a wov'n acanthus-wreath divine! 1838 H. G. Knight Normans in Sicily 121 The arch itself is plain, with two sinkings, and a single bed mould, enriched with an acanthus scroll. 1875 J. H. Pollen Anc. & Mod. Furnit. 85 Figured sculpture..in the form of..acanthus foliations. 1936 A. W. Clapham Romanesque Archit. W. Europe iii. 62 In some of the Pavian churches an acanthus decoration is to be met with, consisting of a regular diaper or brocade pattern of palmette leaves. 1978 K. Basford Green Man 11 Once installed in their new position, the capitals were painted in bright colours, the leaf masks and volutes golden yellow and the acanthus ornament below them red. 1990 Smithsonian Jan. 58/1 The big-antlered deer tripping on light feet through a fretwork of acanthus boughs to a pool of rippling water might simply be thirsty deer. 2001 Art Room Catal. Autumn 9/3 The large, showy leaves of the acanthus plant are a popular motif in Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau designs. extracted from acanthusn. < as lemmas
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