单词 | caryatid |
释义 | caryatid —caryatidal, adj. /kar'ee at"id/, n. , pl. caryatids, caryatides /-i deez'/. Archit. a sculptured female figure used as a column. Cf. atlas (def. 5). [1555-65; < L Caryatides (sing. Caryatis) < Gk Karyátides columns shaped like women, lit., women of Karýai, Laconia] |
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