gothic / ˈgɒθ ɪk /

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gothic2 个定义

adj. 形容词 adjective
  1. noting or pertaining to a style of architecture, originating in France in the middle of the 12th century and existing in the western half of Europe through the middle of the 16th century, characterized by the use of the pointed arch and the ribbed vault, by the use of fine woodwork and stonework, by a progressive lightening of structure, and by the use of such features as flying buttresses, ornamental gables, crockets, and foils.
  2. pertaining to or designating the style of painting, sculpture, etc., produced between the 13th and 15th centuries, especially in northern Europe, characterized by a tendency toward realism and interest in detail.
  3. of or relating to Goths or their language.
n. 名词 noun
  1. the arts and crafts of the Gothic period.
  2. the extinct Germanic language of the Goths, preserved especially in the 4th-century translation by Ulfilas of the Bible. Abbreviations: Goth, Goth.
  3. a story, play, film, or other work in the gothic style.

gothic 近义词

adj. 形容词 adjective

medieval

更多gothic例句

  1. Sharp, stormy and rife with new-age Gothic romance, The Wife Upstairs is not quite a retelling, though it shows off customary parallels with Charlotte Brontë’s story.
  2. They also picnicked by the little Gothic ruin built by Queen Victoria.
  3. It has a lot of those Gothic elements you see in Turn of the Screw, but it also did something different, something that I had never seen.
  4. Northanger Abbey, after all, parodies the tropes and excesses of sentimental Gothic novels.
  5. Visitors are greeted by a looming gothic gate, the kind used to signify that important residents lie behind its spires.
  6. Tonally, however, it is very peculiar: It is undeniably Southern Gothic, but it has its own brand of off-beat humor.
  7. I encountered The Mysteries of Udolpho when I took a Gothic novel course as a student at St. Andrews in Scotland.
  8. One of the coolest things about the class was that we were discussing the Gothic novel in real Gothic buildings.
  9. Below the great gothic windows spreads the awning of a café, which takes up all the ground floor.
  10. It was an antique, half-Gothic, half-Saracenic looking edifice, which they now approached.
  11. It is built in the Gothic style, with a fine large tower rising above half-a-dozen smaller ones.
  12. This and the following monument are partly let into the wall, and are surmounted by beautiful Gothic canopies.
  13. The town possesses some handsome schools and private buildings, and a Christian church, in pure Gothic style.