单词 | caryatid |
释义 | caryatid (once / 57938 pages) n WORD FAMILY caryatid: carides, caryatids USAGE EXAMPLESThe show also includes three new boxing match videos from the artist’s “Caryatids” series. New York Times(Dec 08, 2016) It draws on the shape of a Yoruban caryatid, a traditional West African column with a corona at the top. New York Times(Sep 21, 2016) She’s likewise a New World caryatid, a personified pillar that held up the entablature in ancient Greek temples, such as the Erechtheum on the Acropolis. Los Angeles Times(Jun 17, 2016) n a supporting column carved in the shape of a person Hyper column, pillar (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure |
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