英语词汇“dentil”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

dentil

/ˈdɛntɪl

noun [often as modifier]

(In classical architecture) one of a number of small rectangular blocks resembling teeth, used as a decoration under the moulding of a cornice: a dentil frieze...

Highlighted items are the paintwork gilding to the capitals in the entrance hall and dentil frieze details in the dining room.
Perhaps inspired by the elegant Georgian style houses he recalled from his boyhood in Haverhill, Massachusetts, he trimmed his two-story clapboarded house with quoins and a cornice with dentils.
The marble was part of the dentil moulding that serves as a frame for the frieze of statues atop the court's main entrance.

Origin

Late 16th century: from Italian dentello or obsolete French dentille, diminutive of dent 'tooth', from Latin dens, dent-.

单词	dentil
释义	dentil /ˈdɛntɪl / noun [often as modifier] (In classical architecture) one of a number of small rectangular blocks resembling teeth, used as a decoration under the moulding of a cornice: a dentil frieze... Highlighted items are the paintwork gilding to the capitals in the entrance hall and dentil frieze details in the dining room. Perhaps inspired by the elegant Georgian style houses he recalled from his boyhood in Haverhill, Massachusetts, he trimmed his two-story clapboarded house with quoins and a cornice with dentils. The marble was part of the dentil moulding that serves as a frame for the frieze of statues atop the court's main entrance. Origin Late 16th century: from Italian dentello or obsolete French dentille, diminutive of dent 'tooth', from Latin dens, dent-. Rhymes lentil, ventil
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