单词 | pyrame |
释义 | † pyramen. Obsolete. rare. 1. The cone of lines representing the extent of an object as converging on the eye that perceives it.Apparently only in Trevisa. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > [noun] > ray or beam > entering eye pyramea1398 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 24 Whanne þe liknes of þe þing comeþ to þe siȝt vpon þese pirames [1495 piramis; L. pyramides], þenne þe liknes of liȝt & colour passiþ by þe smale curtiles & humoures of þe eiȝe. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 330 Þe highnesse þat comeþ from þe þing þat is y-seen streiȝt to yhe makeþ pirame, of þe whiche þe poynt is in þe blak of þe yhe and þe brode ende in þe þing þat is y-seie. 2. A pyramid; a spire, a steeple. Cf. pyramid n. 3a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > pyramid pyramida1552 pyrame1584 1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. ii. f. 104v In full view and prospect to the greatest pyrame [Gk. τῆς μεγάλης πυραμίδος], which is every way an acre and an halfe square. 1604 S. Hieron Answer Popish Rime in Wks. (1620) I. 574 Well may the heathen people boast Of piramees & churches cost. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1398 |
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