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lintel

/lin-tl/US // ˈlɪn tl //UK // (ˈlɪntəl) //

门楣,房梁,楣楣,门楣上写着

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.

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Examples

  • When the upstairs bathroom in her New York home required stripping down to the original structure, a shoe was found hidden above the door lintel between the ceiling of the second floor and the attic floor.

  • The height of the tablinum at the lintel should be one eighth more than its width.

  • The height of the lintel should be equivalent to the width of the jambs at the top.

  • She leaned on the doorway with her forehead against the lintel.

  • The granite lintel that had crushed the body of the old captains son had fallen also upon the captains heart.

  • Then, "when I see the—blood—on the—lintel—and on the two—side-posts—I will not go in and—kill the first-born!"