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单词 peristyle
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Definition of peristyle in English:

peristyle

noun ˈpɛrɪstʌɪlˈpɛrəˌstaɪl
Architecture
  • 1A row of columns surrounding a space within a building such as a court or internal garden or edging a veranda or porch.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The original building comprised a courtyard of enormous size with a full peristyle of eight columns on a side.
    • In it, he criticized the unity of place and time imposed by the classical theatre, which confined all the action to a banal peristyle and expelled all drama to the wings.
    • The sequence of these spaces in the palace suggests the atrium and peristyle of Roman houses, basic features of domestic architecture emphasized by the Roman writer Vitruvius.
    • This form, upon which our modern atria are based, was enclosed on all sides by buildings with roofs sloping to a columned peristyle or walkway around a courtyard.
    • The presence of gardens and especially of a peristyle make one think of a domus, or patrician residence.
    1. 1.1 A space such as a court or porch that is surrounded or edged by a peristyle.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • With luck, the place would have a working fountain, or at least rainwater in the peristyle garden.
      • One should perceive a bit further in the distance the colonnade forming the peristyle of the temple of Berecynthia.
      • She often spent her days in the peristyle, reading or playing the harp.
      • Portraits of famous Greek and Roman poets, orators, and statesmen filled libraries and peristyles.
      • The characteristic Pompeian house with its peristyle garden, planted with trees and shrubs, frequently had an outdoor dining area, shaded by a canopy of vines.

Origin

Early 17th century: from French péristyle, from Latin peristylum, from Greek peristulon, from peri- 'around' + stulos 'pillar'.

 
 

Definition of peristyle in US English:

peristyle

nounˈperəˌstīlˈpɛrəˌstaɪl
Architecture
  • 1A row of columns surrounding a space within a building such as a court or internal garden or edging a veranda or porch.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The original building comprised a courtyard of enormous size with a full peristyle of eight columns on a side.
    • This form, upon which our modern atria are based, was enclosed on all sides by buildings with roofs sloping to a columned peristyle or walkway around a courtyard.
    • In it, he criticized the unity of place and time imposed by the classical theatre, which confined all the action to a banal peristyle and expelled all drama to the wings.
    • The presence of gardens and especially of a peristyle make one think of a domus, or patrician residence.
    • The sequence of these spaces in the palace suggests the atrium and peristyle of Roman houses, basic features of domestic architecture emphasized by the Roman writer Vitruvius.
    1. 1.1 An architectural space such as a court or porch that is surrounded or edged by a peristyle.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • One should perceive a bit further in the distance the colonnade forming the peristyle of the temple of Berecynthia.
      • She often spent her days in the peristyle, reading or playing the harp.
      • The characteristic Pompeian house with its peristyle garden, planted with trees and shrubs, frequently had an outdoor dining area, shaded by a canopy of vines.
      • Portraits of famous Greek and Roman poets, orators, and statesmen filled libraries and peristyles.
      • With luck, the place would have a working fountain, or at least rainwater in the peristyle garden.

Origin

Early 17th century: from French péristyle, from Latin peristylum, from Greek peristulon, from peri- ‘around’ + stulos ‘pillar’.

 
 
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