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单词 lancet window
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Definition of lancet window in English:

lancet window

noun
  • A slender pointed arched window.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Back in 1150 there were 12 nuns and a prioress, now there's the delight of the ‘finest stained glass in the West Riding’, three lancet windows by William Morris, gorgeous Pre-Raphaelite faces framed in foliage.
    • The rattling, down-at-heel, overcrowded buildings pleased me better than any grassy quad or lancet window.
    • The lancet windows depict scenes from the life of Christ and are wonderful examples of Harry Clarke's rare genius.
    • It receives no natural lighting from behind, and has to compete with a lancet window immediately to its east side.
    • Above the door he had also paid for a lancet window consisting of a representation of Jacob and the appropriate words: ‘This is the House of God, and this is the Gate of Heaven.’
 
 

Definition of lancet window in US English:

lancet window

nounˈlansət ˈwindō
  • A high and narrow window with an acutely pointed head.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Back in 1150 there were 12 nuns and a prioress, now there's the delight of the ‘finest stained glass in the West Riding’, three lancet windows by William Morris, gorgeous Pre-Raphaelite faces framed in foliage.
    • Above the door he had also paid for a lancet window consisting of a representation of Jacob and the appropriate words: ‘This is the House of God, and this is the Gate of Heaven.’
    • The lancet windows depict scenes from the life of Christ and are wonderful examples of Harry Clarke's rare genius.
    • It receives no natural lighting from behind, and has to compete with a lancet window immediately to its east side.
    • The rattling, down-at-heel, overcrowded buildings pleased me better than any grassy quad or lancet window.
 
 
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