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finial

/fin-ee-uhl, fahy-nee-/US // ˈfɪn i əl, ˈfaɪ ni- //UK // (ˈfaɪnɪəl) //

顶盖,顶饰,顶层设计,顶层建筑

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Architecture. a relatively small, ornamental, terminal feature at the top of a gable, pinnacle, etc.
    • : an ornamental termination to the top of a piece of furniture, or of one part of such a piece.
    • : Typography. a curve terminating the main stroke of the characters in some italic fonts.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as intop

Examples

  • And not content with this exuberance in the external ornaments of the arch, the finial interferes with its traceries.

  • He leads us up to the finial of one of the stalls, which is carved in the figure of a monk.

  • Each pillar is surmounted by a pinnacle, and behind each canopy rises a crocketed gable, again crowned by a huge finial.

  • Over each seat is an ogee canopy, cinquefoil, crocketed, and surmounted by a huge finial.

  • On each of its faces is an entrance through a pointed arch, ornamented with crockets and a finial.