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单词 frontispiece
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
fron•tis•piece /ˈfrʌntɪsˌpis, ˈfrɑn-/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Printingan illustrated page before the title page of a book.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
fron•tis•piece  (fruntis pēs′, fron-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. an illustrated leaf preceding the title page of a book.
  2. Architecturea façade, or a part or feature of a façade, often highlighted by ornamentation.
  • Medieval Latin frontispicium, equivalent. to Latin fronti- front + -spicium (combining form representing specere to look at)
  • French
  • alteration (conformed to piece) of earlier frontispice 1590–1600

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
frontispiece /ˈfrʌntɪsˌpiːs/ n
  1. an illustration facing the title page of a book
  2. the principal façade of a building; front
  3. a pediment, esp an ornamented one, over a door, window, etc
Etymology: 16th Century frontispice, from French, from Late Latin frontispicium façade, inspection of the forehead, from Latin frōns forehead + specere to look at; influenced by piece
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