corinthian 的 2 个定义
- of, relating to, or characteristic of Corinth.
- Architecture. noting or pertaining to one of the five classical orders invented in ancient Greece and similar in most respects to the Ionic but usually of slenderer proportions, and characterized by a deep capital with a round bell decorated with acanthus leaves and a square abacus with concave sides. The Corinthian capital has typically two distinct rows of acanthus leaves above which appear eight fluted sheaths, from each of which spring two scrolls , of which one curls beneath a corner of the abacus as half of a volute and the other curls beneath the center of the abacus.Compare composite, Doric, Ionic, Tuscan.
- ornate, as literary style.
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- a native or inhabitant of Corinth.
- a man about town, especially one who lives luxuriously or, sometimes, dissolutely.
- an amateur yachtsman.
- Manège. a horse-show class in which each contestant must be a member of a recognized hunt and wear regulation hunt livery.Compare appointment.
corinthian 近义词
等同于 man-about-town
corinthian 的近义词 5 个
更多corinthian例句
- To-day the white Corinthian-looking building called Doryford House was at its best, in the soft lambent light of an autumn day.
- Its proportions did not greatly differ from those of the Greek Corinthian, but the mouldings in general were more elaborate.
- Late that night Henry Guion stood on the terrace below the Corinthian-columned portico.
- At the end of a court yard is the principal front consisting of a fine portico, adorned with large corinthian pillars.
- Then he hailed a hansom and desired to be driven to the street in which the Junior Corinthian Club was situated.