acroterium

雕塑像基座上装饰性人像或抽象图案

发音

/ˌækɹəˈtɪəɹi.əm/

词形变化

acroteria 复数 acroteria

别名

acroter akroterion acroterion

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment, or upon the gables in Gothic architecture.

    建筑
  2. 2.

    One of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade.

词源

From Latin acrōtērium, from Ancient Greek ἀκρωτήριον (akrōtḗrion); related to ἄκρος (ákros, “highest, at the extremity”). By surface analysis, acro- + Latin -tērium. Fully Latinized form. Doublet of acroter.

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