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peristyle

/per-uh-stahyl/US // ˈpɛr əˌstaɪl //UK // (ˈpɛrɪˌstaɪl) //

周边环境,周边风格,周围环境,周边式

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Architecture.

    • : a colonnade surrounding a building or an open space.
    • : an open space, as a courtyard, surrounded by a colonnade.

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Examples

  • East of the kitchen and yard is a narrow passage connecting the peristyle with the garden .

  • It should be remembered that in the best houses the bedrooms were preferably in the second story of the peristyle.

  • A peristyle that has one such higher colonnade is called a Rhodian peristyle.

  • He was out in the peristyle now, bowing low before the captain-general.

  • With what eagerness did I run every morning at sunrise to respire the perfumed air in the peristyle!