entasis 的定义
Architecture.
- a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
更多entasis例句
- The entasis is almost invariably introduced in the spires of English churches.
- The entasis of columns and curvature of what would ordinarily be straight lines is familiar to all students of architecture.
- This is called the entasis of the spire, and belongs to the study of optics in architecture.
- The shaft was covered with channelled flutings, and rose vertically with a convex extension of its circumference (called entasis).
- The shaft is well shaped, with a moderate swelling (entasis).