roundel
/roun-dl/US // ˈraʊn dl //UK // (ˈraʊndəl) //
圆形的,圆盘,圆环,圆规
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : something round or circular.
- : a small, round pane or window.
- : a decorative plate, panel, tablet, or the like, round in form.
- : Also rondel. Theater. a round piece of colored gelatin or glass placed over stage lights as a color medium to obtain lighting effects.
- : Armor. a metal disk that protects the armpit.a metal disk on a hafted weapon or a dagger to protect the hand.
- : Heraldry. a small circular charge.
- : Prosody. a rondel or rondeau.a modification of the rondeau, consisting of nine lines with two refrains.
- : a round dance.
Examples
Term applied to the well-known carving of the roundel common in the Ionic style.
The second Roundel seems, on the other hand, to belong to his later life, when he so often alluded to his corpulence.
The lines vary from four to sixteen syllables, but are generally identical in length in the same roundel.
Only Tronda said she saw him flee forth of the window of the west roundel of the auld house, upon a dragon, as she averred.
The one certain example is the Roundel included in the Parl.
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