请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 cassone
释义

cassone

[ kuh-soh-nee; Italian kahs-saw-ne ]
/ kəˈsoʊ ni; Italian kɑsˈsɔ nɛ /

noun, plural cas·so·ni [kuh-soh-nee; Italian kahs-saw-nee]. /kəˈsoʊ ni; Italian kɑsˈsɔ ni/.

a large Italian chest of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, usually highly ornamented.

Origin of cassone

1880–85; <Italian, equivalent to cass(a) box (see case2) + -one augmentative suffix

Words nearby cassone

Cassius Longinus, Cassivelaunus, cassock, cassolette, Casson, cassone, cassoulet, cassowary, casspir, cast, castable
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for cassone

  • Painted probably to adorn the front of a cassone or marriage-chest.

    A Popular Handbook to the National Gallery, Volume I, Foreign Schools|Various
  • The three screens carry four pictures—two long and narrow, evidently panels from a cassone; the others quite small.

    A Wanderer in Venice|E.V. Lucas
  • The Italian marriage-chests (cassone) were also of a richness which was never attempted in England.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1|Various
随便看

 

英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/23 9:32:56