| 释义 |
Soanean, a.|ˈsəʊnɪan|
[f. the name of Sir John Soane (see below) + -an.]
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Sir John Soane (1753–1837), British architect, or the buildings designed by him. Also Soaˈnesque [-esque], ˈSoanic [-ic], adjs.
1842Penny Cycl. XXII. 168/2 He thought proper to limit the time of the ‘Soanean Museum’ being opened to the public to two days in each week for three months in the year. 1945E. Waugh Brideshead Revisited i. iv. 72 It was an aesthetic education to live within those walls, to wander from room to room, from the Soanesque library to the Chinese drawing-room. 1948Archit. Rev. CIV. 64/1 An extravagant blend of Soanic abstraction and Italian grotesquerie. 1974Sherwood & Pevsner Oxfordshire 815 A doorway with Soanean incised decoration. |