| 单词 | pediment |
| 释义 | pediment —pedimental /ped'euh men"tl/, adj. —pedimented /ped"euh men'tid, -meuhn-/, adj. /ped"euh meuhnt/, n. 1. (in classical architecture) a low gable, typically triangular with a horizontal cornice and raking cornices, surmounting a colonnade, an end wall, or a major division of a façade. 2. any imitation of this, often fancifully treated, used to crown an opening, a monument, etc., or to form part of a decorative scheme. 3. Geol. a gently sloping rock surface at the foot of a steep slope, as of a mountain, usually thinly covered with alluvium. [1655-65; earlier pedament, pedement, alter., by assoc. with L pes (s. ped-) FOOT, of earlier peremint, perh. an unlearned alter. of PYRAMID; (def. 3) by construal as PEDI- + -MENT] |
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