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单词 portico
释义
porticopor‧ti‧co /ˈpɔːtɪkəʊ $ ˈpɔːrtɪkoʊ/ noun (plural porticoes or porticos) [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINportico
Origin:
1600-1700 Italian, Latin porticus; PORCH
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • the south portico of the White House
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • He aimed his ball at the portico and managed to hit the pumpkin with it.
  • Its Victorian replacement, with long drives and a portico of columns, has fallen into disuse.
  • She sat with her back against the portico.
  • She stood in the portico of his chamber and gravely allowed him to admire her.
  • The building looks like a library or similar public building with its classical portico and columns with Ionic capitals.
  • There was a large portico and covered walk leading up to double doors that shushed open as I approached.
  • Under the portico, bodies are sprawled, a tangle of limbs of malnourished young men.
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
a covered entrance to a building, consisting of a roof supported by pillars
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