单词	transept
释义	transepttran‧sept /ˈtrænsept/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINtransept Origin: 1500-1600 Modern Latin transeptum, from Latin trans- + septum ( ➔ SEPTUM) Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Abutment was reduced to a minimum, transepts were often not built and the plan became a simple rectangle. Before continuing to the S transept, look at the fine Crucifixion sculpted by F. Bílek. Experts say a forty foot crack in a medieval transept wall could have led to disaster. Finally Theodora came to rest in the Dersingham chapel which formed the south transept looking towards the altar at right angles. He could not see Dhani but calculated that he might by now be opposite him in the north transept. The transepts are Romanesque and contain fine, round-arched arcading on the walls of triforium and clerestory. The transepts have large circular windows. The other domes cover the crossing, choir and transepts. word sets WORD SETS► Architecture 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 Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► south · Finally Theodora came to rest in the Dersingham chapel which formed the south transept looking towards the altar at right angles.· Voice over To make the building safe, concrete joists will tie the south transept wall to the massive main tower pillars.· Today's guardians of the Abbey are just thankful the south transept hasn't suffered a similar fate. one of the two parts of a church that are built out from the main area of the church to form a cross shape
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