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scrollwork

/skrohl-wurk/US // ˈskroʊlˌwɜrk //UK // (ˈskrəʊlˌwɜːk) //

卷轴画,卷轴,卷轴图案,卷轴设计

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : decorative work in which scroll forms figure prominently.
    • : ornamental work cut out with a scroll saw.

Examples

  • Beautiful clocks, massive with griffiens and gargoyles, nymphs and scrollwork—they shelter heroes.

  • Marble, bronze, carved and painted brick—a filigree and a scrollwork—put forth claims.

  • We could hear no distinct sound save the whistle of the wind around the cross, or through the iron scrollwork.

  • The fact that its massive gold and its scrollwork of inlaid platinum were worth a fortune meant nothing to him then.

  • He came slowly to his feet and steadied himself with one hand on the scrollwork of the bed.