| 释义 |
roun·del
noun
or roun·dle \ˈrau̇ndəl\
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English roundel, roundell, rundel, from Old French rondel, rondelle, from roont (feminine ronde) round + -el, -elle, diminutive suffix — more at round
1. : something circular : a round figure: as
a. chiefly dialect : a circle marked out or otherwise formed
b. : a circular group or ring of things or persons
c. : a plain or colored glass disk (as for a railway signal lamp or a theatrical lighting device)
d. : a circular tray, trencher, or small table
2. : a circular panel, window, or niche; especially : a recessed circular niche for a bust — compare rosette
3. : any of various small circular subordinaries representing balls or plates of metal or color — compare bezant, golpe, guze, hurt, pellet, torteau IV
4. : rondel 1b(1)
5.
a. : round 3
b. : round dance 1
6.
a. : rondel 2a
b. : an English modified rondeau whose refrain comes after the first and last of three tercets and fits into the rhyme scheme aba B, bab, aba B |