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tracery

/trey-suh-ree/US // ˈtreɪ sə ri //UK // (ˈtreɪsərɪ) //

描金术,曳光板,描边,描金石

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural trac·er·ies.

    • : ornamental work consisting of ramified ribs, bars, or the like, as in the upper part of a Gothic window, in panels, screens, etc.
    • : any delicate, interlacing work of lines, threads, etc., as in carving or embroidery; network.

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Examples

  • The windows are ornamented by tracery, and the façade is enriched by a free use of carving.

  • "Nothing," answered the Andalusian, his dreamy eye wandering over the marble tracery on the wall above.

  • It was good to rest quietly and look upward into the dark tracery far overhead.

  • Through the tracery of the lattice came the warm breeze, bearing the narcotic scent of those tropic gardens.

  • In the starlight he could only see the tracery of the forest of palms, and here and there, ghost-like, a white dress flitting.