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单词 caryatid
释义
caryatidcar‧y‧at‧id /ˌkæriˈætɪd/ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINcaryatid
Origin:
1500-1600 Latin caryatides (plural), from Greek, ‘female priests of the goddess Artemis at Caryae, a town in ancient Greece’
Examples
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  • Each of the legs of the table incorporated a naked ormolu caryatid.
  • It included academic studies, theatrical studies, caryatids, sculptural heads, nudes, portraits, studies for paintings.
  • Level was captivated by one of Modigliani's large caryatids in watercolour and wanted to buy it.
  • The caryatids were sculpted not by Leoni himself but by Antonio Abbondio working to drawings by the owner.
word sets
WORD SETS
arcade, nounarch, nounarchitect, nounarchitecture, nounatrium, nounbailey, nounbastion, nouncampanile, nouncapital, nouncaryatid, nouncloistered, adjectivecolonial, adjectiveconservationist, nounCorinthian, adjectivecornice, noundolmen, noundome, noundomed, adjectiveDoric, adjectivefloor plan, nounflying buttress, nounfolly, nounGeorgian, adjectiveGothic, adjectiveground plan, nounIonic, adjectivemodernism, nounmonolith, nounmonument, nounmonumental, adjectiveNorman, adjectiveobelisk, nounopen-plan, adjectivepedestal, nounpediment, nounperistyle, nounpitched, adjectiveplinth, nounplot, nounportico, nounquadrangle, nounrambling, adjectiverampart, nounrococo, adjectiveRomanesque, adjectivescreen, nounspan, nounsplit-level, adjectivesquare, nounstonework, nounterrace, nountracery, nountransept, nountruss, nounvaulted, adjectivevaulting, nounvestibule, noun
technical a pillar in the shape of a female figure
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