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trumeau

/troo-moh; French try-moh/US // truˈmoʊ; French trüˈmoʊ //UK // (trʊˈməʊ) //

特鲁莫,特鲁姆普,特鲁姆博,特鲁摩

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural tru·meaux [troo-mohz; French try-moh]. /truˈmoʊz; French trüˈmoʊ/.

    • : a mirror having a painted or carved panel above or below the glass in the same frame.
    • : Architecture. a column supporting a tympanum of a doorway at its center.

Examples

  • The graceful trumeau images of Lazarus, Martha, and Mary are restorations.

  • At the middle trumeau stands John the Baptist, he who was sent before to prepare the way, the announcer as well as the witness.

  • Observe that the trumeau was made narrow at its base, in order to let pass the pilgrim throngs.

  • The present image at the trumeau is a fragment saved from the late-Gothic Chartreuse of the Valois dukes.