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frieze

/freez/US // friz //UK // (friːz) //

炸金花,炸药,炸药库,炸药包

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Architecture. the part of a classical entablature between the architrave and the cornice, usually decorated with sculpture in low relief.any decorative band on an outside wall, broader than a stringcourse and bearing lettering, sculpture, etc.
    • : any decorative band at the top or beneath the cornice of an interior wall, a piece of furniture, etc.
    • : Furniture. skirt.

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Examples

  • So does the Parthenon frieze depict virgin sacrifice, and was it built over the tomb of these maidens of myth?

  • This notion of fashion as a kind of wearable narrative is in evidence at industry gatherings like Frieze and Art Basel.

  • It did not get made due to lack of financing but then Frieze went and did it, which is annoying!

  • Since then, it has been screened at such venues as the British Film Institute, Southbank London (2008), Frieze Art Fair (2010).

  • From a 48 portraits of young men and women to a Jeff Koons lobster, the must-see art at Frieze London, which opens on Thursday.

  • The side walls are surmounted with a chaste frieze, and running towards the base are “stations” and statues of saints.

  • They are crowned with capitals of bronze and support the enormous beam of a frieze formed of six polished blocks.

  • They saw faint images of painted martyrs and angels peering down from the frieze and vaulting.

  • Over this they usually wear a sleeveless jacket of brown frieze, and the cap is of light brown felt, shaped like half a gourd.

  • The frieze was composed of a tricusped arcade with small columns carried on corbels with carved heads.