请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 arris
释义

arris

[ ar-is ]
/ ˈær ɪs /

noun Architecture.

a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
the line, ridge, or hip formed by the meeting of two surfaces at an exterior angle.
Also called piend.

Origin of arris

1670–80; <Middle French areste;see arête

Words nearby arris

arride, arrière-ban, arrière-garde, arrière-pensée, Ar Rimal, arris, arrish, arrival, arrive, arrive at, arrivederci
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for arris

  • Old 'Arris is either dead and buried, or gorn away, or somethin'.

    The Lord of the Sea|M. P. Shiel
  • She would come to the front of the stage and say confidentially to the audience, "Do you know Lizzie 'Arris?"

    With Our Army in Palestine|Antony Bluett
  • A curved furrow, immediately adjoining its repetition, and separated from it only by an arris, as in the Doric column.

    History of Ancient Art|Franz von Reber

British Dictionary definitions for arris

arris
/ (ˈærɪs) /

noun plural -ris or -rises

a sharp edge at the meeting of two surfaces at an angle with one another, as at two adjacent sides of a stone block

Word Origin for arris

C17: apparently from Old French areste beard of grain, sharp ridge; see arête
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
随便看

 

英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/21 19:28:27