| 单词 | acanthus leaf |
| 释义 | > as lemmasacanthus leaf acanthus leaf n. a leaf of the acanthus, (esp.) a representation of this (see sense 2). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > foliage maple leaf1394 vinea1400 vinet1412 traila1423 garlandc1524 foilery1527 wreath?1586 leaf work1592 foliage1598 sprig1613 branching1652 leafage1658 leafing1688 acanthus leaf1703 feuillage1714 sprigging1775 foliature1814 pampre1842 palmette1850 vine-scroll1886 olive acanthus1888 foliage-border1891 branched work- 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 143 Vitruvius makes this Freeze flat, but commonly Carv'd with Acanthus Leaves, Lions and Men. 1783 M. Berry Jrnl. 16 Nov. (1865) I. 53 The front of the cathedral is Gothic..but in very bad taste; the acanthus leaves of the Corinthian capital are placed upon..a crowd of Gothic ornaments. 1819 J. Taylor Naturales Curiosæ 136 It becomes a monstrous production of ignorant art: the whole is a body of acanthus leaf bearing olive or laurel leaves at its tops and sides. 1861 J. M. Neale Notes on Dalmatia 81 On the vertex of the arch is our Lord's monogram, also medallioned and surrounded by acanthus leaves. 1904 R. Sturgis Lübke's Outl. Hist. Art I. 272 The so-called Composite or Roman capital..appears in many forms in which the unwieldy magnificence of a coarser form of the Ionic capital crowns the two rows of daintily curved acanthus leaves. 1953 Harvard Theol. Rev. 46 242 The most usual form of these wreaths was of woven acanthus leaves. 2009 National Art Coll. Fund Rev. 2008–9 73/1 This ormolu-mounted firegrate..has a rectangular back plate above a tapering grate, decorated with acanthus leaf mounts and paw feet on a plinth base. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。