单词 | spanish-style |
释义 | > as lemmasSpanish-style d. (a) Denoting a style of art or architecture native to or characteristic of Spain; (b) denoting a style of decoration or architecture imitative of that of Spain. Also Spanish-style adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [adjective] > Spanish Spanish1927 1927 Sunset Mag. May 87/1 Many builders and real estate men are masquerading whole city blocks of houses under the name of Spanish. 1931 S. Sitwell (title) Spanish Baroque art. 1937 J. Laver Taste & Fashion xviii. 258 The style of his interior decoration may be shortly described as Spanish ‘baroque’. 1950 A. Wilson Such Darling Dodos 159 There were Regency bedrooms, a Spanish Baroque dining room. 1953 S. Bedford Sudden View i. i. 20 The dining-car..turned out to be..decorated with machine-carved Spanish Renaissance woodwork of astonishing gloom. 1960 Encounter Apr. 3/2 There is something ancient and unfamiliar about its [sc. a skyscraper's] situation among Spanish-style San Francisco homes. 1970 H. Braun Parish Churches xi. 148 It [sc. the arch] is often four-centred or, in some of the more opulent examples, the three-centred ‘Spanish’ arch. 1976 Liverpool Echo 22 Nov. 14/2 (advt.) Hall, lounge, Spanish arch to dining room, [etc.]. 1977 N.Z. Herald 8 Jan. iv. 3/1 (advt.) $5000 deposit will secure this charming Spanish bungalow in New Windsor. 1979 Arizona Daily Star 1 Apr. (Advt. section) 19/5 Enter this custom Spanish territorial home over a wooden bridge. 1979 N. Hartley Quicksilver vi. 77 Several Spanish-style interior patios. < as lemmas |
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