finial

n. 尖顶饰, 顶尖

发音

UK /ˈfɪn.i.əl/
其它
UK /ˈfaɪ-/
US /ˈfɪn.i.əl/

词形变化

finials 复数 finials

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Especially in Gothic architecture: an ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, a pediment, a pinnacle, etc.

    叶尖饰

    建筑
  2. 2.

    Any decorative fitting on the corner, end, or top of an object such as a canopy, a fencepost, a flagpole, a curtain rod, or the newel post of a staircase.

    尖顶饰

    引申义
  3. 3.

    The completion or end of something.

    定语 比喻

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

decoration ornament ornamentation

相关短语

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词源

From Late Middle English finial (“(adjective) final; (noun) ornament at the upper extremity of a pinnacle, spire, etc.”) [and other forms], a variant of final (“pertaining to the close or end of something, last, final”), from Old French final (“last, final; definitive”) (modern French final), from Latin fīnālis (“of or pertaining to the end of something, final; of or pertaining to boundaries”), from fīnis (“a border; an end”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”) or *dʰeygʷ- (“to set up; to stick”)) + -ālis (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining’ to forming adjectives).

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