单词 | polystyle |
释义 | > as lemmaspolystyle polystyle adj. and n. Brit. /ˈpɒlɪstʌɪl/ , U.S. /ˈpɑliˌstaɪl/ [ < Hellenistic Greek πολύστυλος having many columns < ancient Greek πολυ- poly- comb. form + στῦλος column (see styloid adj.); with the adjective compare monostyle adj.2] Architecture (a) adj. having or characterized by many columns; (b) n. a building with many columns (also figurative).ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [adjective] > having specific number of columns decastyle1727 polystyle1736 hexastyle1748 octastyle1832 tetrastyle1837 triprostyle1841 heptastyle1843 polystylar1843 monostylar1844 monostyle1850 monostyle1850 enneastyle1875 pentastyle1882 tetraprostyle1891 tetrastylic1895 hexastylar- 1736 Neve's City & Country Purchaser's & Builder's Dict. (ed. 3) at Colonade A Polystyle Colonade, is a Colonade that cannot be taken in by the Eye, at a single View, from the great Number of its Columns. 1830 ‘R. Stuart’ Dict. Archit. II Polystyle, a building surrounded by so many columns, that we cannot readily calculate the number at a first view. 1883 Overland Monthly July 82 The conifers have..manifold adaptations: growing now about the temperate middle zone in noble polystyles stately and beautiful. 1999 J. S. Curl Dict. Archit. 509/2 Polystyle, composed of many columns. < as lemmas |
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