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architectonic

/ahr-ki-tek-ton-ik/US // ˌɑr kɪ tɛkˈtɒn ɪk //UK // (ˌɑːkɪtɛkˈtɒnɪk) //

建筑学,建筑学的,架构性,架构学

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to the principles of architecture.
    • : resembling architecture, especially in its highly organized manner or technique of structure: the architectonic perfection of his new novel.

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Examples

  • That low-relief sculpture resembles a painting, and fits neatly with Williams’s colorful pictures, which juggle organic and architectonic forms.

  • In this connection, we note a characteristic difference between the beginnings of architectonic art and that of the other arts.

  • The architectonic beauty does honor to the author of nature; grace does honor to him who possesses it.

  • Imitative grace is to true grace what beauty of toilet is to architectonic beauty.

  • Still the architectonic principle is powerful in the Iliad, though more instinctive, and far less explicit than in the Odyssey.

  • The small, bronze-painted figures, expressed the suspension and repose of the ceiling; they were architectonic symbols.