caryatid

英式音标：[ˌkæriˈætɪd]

美式音标：[ˌkærɪ'ætɪd]

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概况：

n. [建] 女像柱

词义：

n.

女像柱；

变形

复数：caryatidescaryatids

英英释义

caryatid[ 'kæri'ætid ]

n.a supporting column carved in the shape of a person

用法：

权威例句

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Caryatid: A Column

The Caryatid and the Collector

Trépieds votifs à caryatides

The Symbolic Structure of Baluba Caryatid Stools

Metallic Analyses of Three Greek Caryatid Mirrors

La tribune dite des Caryatides au Louvre. Essai d'interpretation

Raphael’s Vitruvius and Raimondi’s Caryatid Façade

Column Bodies: The Caryatid and Frederic Leighton's Royal Academy Sketchbooks

Raphael's Vitruvius and Marcantonio Raimondi's Caryatid Façade

"Caryatides probantur inter pauca operum": Pliny, Vitruvius, and the Semiotics of the Erechtheion Maidens at Rome

英语词源：

caryatid (n.)

"carved female figure used as a column," 1560s, from Middle French cariatide, from Latin caryatides, from Greek Karyatides (singular Karyatis) "priestesses of Artemis at Caryae" (Greek Karyai), a town in Laconia where dance festivals were held in Artemis' temple. Male figures in a like situation are Atlantes, plural of Atlas.

造句：

1. Patterson pointed toward a plain cardboard box beneath a long wooden table.

帕特森指着长木桌下的一个普通的纸板箱。

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2. Martinez expressed confidence of victory at the ballot box.

马丁内斯表示了对选举获胜的信心。

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3. The film opened to healthy box office receipts before rapidly falling off.

这部影片的票房收入开始的时候持续上涨，但是后来急剧下降。

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4. I had to box Max's ears to get him to hush.

我不得不打了马克斯一耳光让他闭嘴。

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5. The original script was written with the idiot box in mind.

剧本当初就是为电视而写的。

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