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单词 pulvinar
释义 pulvinar
 /pul vuy"neuhr/,  n.  ,  pl.   pulvinaria /pul'veuh nair"ee euh/,  adj.  
  n.  
  1. (in ancient Rome)
   a. a cushioned couch kept in readiness for any visitation of a god.
   b. a cushioned seat at a circus.
  2. Also called pulvinus. (on an Ionic capital) either of two convex forms having on their ends two of the volutes.
  adj.  
  3. pulvinate (def. 3).
 [1590-1600; (n.) < L pulvinar cushioned couch, equiv. to pulvin(us) cushion + -ar, shortening of -are, neut. of aris -AR1; (adj.) PULVIN(US) + -AR1]
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