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doric

/dawr-ik, dor-/US // ˈdɔr ɪk, ˈdɒr- //UK // (ˈdɒrɪk) //

苣荬菜,多里奇,苣菜,苣苔

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to Doris, its inhabitants, or their dialect.
    • : rustic, as a dialect.
    • : Architecture. noting or pertaining to one of the five classical orders, developed in Greece and altered by the Romans. The Greek Doric order consists typically of a channeled column without a base, having as a capital a circular echinus supporting a square abacus, above which come a plain architrave, a frieze of triglyphs and metopes, and a cornice, the corona of which has mutules on its soffit. In the Roman Doric order, the columns usually have bases, the channeling is sometimes altered or omitted, and the capital usually consists of three parts: a thick, bandlike necking, an echinus with an ovolo outline, and a molded abacus.Compare composite, Corinthian, Ionic, Tuscan.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a dialect of ancient Greek spoken on Rhodes and other islands of the Dodecanese, in Crete, in Syracuse, and in all of the Peloponnesus except Arcadia.
    • : rustic English speech.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • The later Doric was less massive than the earlier, but more rich in sculptured ornaments.

  • The fluting of the Doric column will thus be finished in the style appropriate to it.

  • Attic doorways are built with the same proportions as Doric.

  • Mr. Horbury would begin to instruct the form as to the difference between Ionic and Doric.

  • It is a fine specimen of the Doric order, and very fortunately it is in a good state of preservation.