| 单词 | reverse arch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasreverse arch reverse arch n. an inverted arch. ΚΠ 1795 S. Totton Humble Representation 19 Nor has he mentioned any one hospital that he says has been built within 50 years, where any Sewer has been turned or formed on a reverse Arch at bottom. 1889 W. H. Wahl tr. W. Fränkel & R. Heyn Iconogr. Encycl. Arts & Sci. V. 315 The bottom is sometimes constructed of masonry, and in situations where an upward pressure is to be feared it is built with reverse arches—that is, arches having their concave faces directed upwards. 2000 Archit. Hist. 43 177 The object of the reverse arches was to divert the thrust downwards and thus to stabilize each pier on its own account. < as lemmas |
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