单词 | ante-porch |
释义 | > as lemmasante-porch ante-porch n. Brit. /ˈantᵻpɔːtʃ/ , U.S. /ˈæn(t)əˌpɔrtʃ/ [compare earlier before porch n. at before adv., prep., conj., and n. Compounds 1a] ΚΠ 1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. i. 43 An Atrium Græcum (we may translate it an Anti Porch, after the Greeke manner). 1686 W. Aglionby Painting Illustr. (new ed.) ii. 52 He painted the Propyleum, or Antiporch of the Temple of Minerva. 1817 J. Woods Lett. Architect I. xxvi. 400 There is a little antiporch of the same nature, at the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedim. 1907 M. Hume Through Portugal ix. 303 A long, low, fortress-like structure, with..turrets supporting a massive battlemented ante-porch, with plain pointed arches and Byzantine capitals. 2004 A. Patel Building Communities in Gujarāt 171 Mukhacatuṣkī, four-pillared anteporch. < as lemmas |
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