| 释义 |
‖ zophorus, zoophorus Anc. Arch.|ˈzəʊfərəs|, |zəʊˈɒfərəs|
Pl. -i. Also 8 anglicized zoophore.
[L. zōphorus, zōophorus (Vitruvius), ad. Gr. ζῳϕόρος, ζῳοϕόρος adj. bearing figures of animals, f. ζῷον animal + -ϕόρος -bearing. Cf. F. zoophore (Rabelais).]
A continuous frieze bearing figures of men and animals carved in relief.
1563Shute Archit. B iij, Vpon their heddes, he laide Epistilia, and Coronas, setting betwixt them Zophorus. 1694Motteux Rabelais v. xliii. 199 The Architraves, Zoophores and Cornishes. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Zophorus or Zoophorus. 1823P. Nicholson Pract. Builder 586. 1905 Times 25 Apr. 5/2 The sculptures on the zophorus of the west front..should be taken down and stored in a museum.
So zo(o)phoric |-ˈfɒrɪk| a., bearing the figure of an animal.
1728Chambers Cycl., Zoophoric Column, is a Statuary Column; or a Column that bears or supports the Figure of an Animal. 1752Ibid., Zophoric. |