frontispiece

n. 卷头插画, 标题页, 主正面

发音

UK /ˈfɹʌn.tɪsˌpiːs/
其它
UK /ˈfɹɒn.tɪsˌpiːs/
US /ˈfɹʌn.tɪsˌpis/
US /ˈfɹɑn.tɪsˌpis/

词形变化

frontispieces 复数 frontispieces frontispieced frontispieces 三单 frontispiecing frontispiecing 现在分词 frontispieced 过去式 frontispieced 过去分词

别名

frontispice

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An illustration that is on the page before the title page of a book, a section of one, or a magazine.

    卷首插画

    媒体
  2. 2.

    The title page of a book.

    古体 媒体
  3. 3.

    A façade, especially an ornamental one.

    建筑
  4. 4.

    A small ornamental pediment, especially at the top of a window or door.

    建筑
  5. 5.

    A person's face.

    古体 幽默 俚语
v.
  1. 1.

    To supply with a frontispiece.

    罕用 及物

    The novel was frontispieced with a portrait of the author.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

front frontal facade frontage

词源

From Middle French frontispice, from Italian frontespizio or Medieval Latin frontispicium, from Latin frōns (“forehead”, oblique stem in front-) + -spic- (“to watch”, combining form of speciō) + -ium. Spelling altered due to folk etymology, influenced by piece.

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