newel

n. (螺旋型楼梯的)中心柱, 楼梯端柱 [化] 盘旋柱

发音

UK /ˈnjuː.əl/
US /ˈnu.əl/
US /ˈnju.əl/

词形变化

newels 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Either of two kinds of supporting post in a staircase.

    A central pillar around which some types of spiral staircase are spiralled.

    建筑
  2. 2.

    Either of two kinds of supporting post in a staircase.

    A sturdy pillar at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs, supporting the handrail.

    建筑
  3. 1.

    A novelty; a new thing.

    废旧

    1882: Edmund Spenser (Alexander Balloch Grosart, ed) The Complete Works in Verse and Prose of Edmund Spenser He was so enamoured with the newel.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

newel post

上位词 3

post column pillar

相关短语

newel post （楼梯）端柱, 螺旋型楼梯中柱 newel posts

词源

Inherited from Middle English nowel, *newel, from Old French noel, from either Early Medieval Latin nōdellus (“buckle”, diminutive of nōdus "knot") or Late Latin nucālis (“nut-like”, derivative of nux "nut"). Doublet of noil and noyau.

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