| 单词 | roman arch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRoman arch Roman arch n. an arch built by, or of the type built by, the ancient Romans; a semicircular arch. ΚΠ 1657 H. Stubbe Clamor 48 Inpunè, Inprudens, Inperiosus was wrote upon the Roman arch triumphal. 1779 H. Swinburne Trav. Spain x. 72 In the evening we passed by torch-light under a Roman arch. 1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home I. 174 A Roman arch, which..has been striding across the English street ever since the latter was a faint village-path. 1917 L. Thorndike Hist. Medieval Europe xxxii. 601 To such hemispherical domes they stand in much the same relation that a pointed Gothic arch does to a round Roman arch. 2002 O. Figes Natasha's Dance (2003) ii. iv. 106 Dachas might incongruously add a Roman arch and columns to the front. < as lemmas |
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