caryatid

Word family nouncaryatidadjectivecaryatic

Related topics: Architecture

car·y·at·id /ˌkæriˈætɪd/ noun [countableC]

AA technical a pillar in the shape of a female figure 女像柱〔雕成女性形状的建筑物支柱〕

Examples from the Corpus

caryatid• Level was captivated by one of Modigliani's large caryatids in watercolour and wanted to buy it.• Each of the legs of the table incorporated a naked ormolu caryatid.• It included academic studies, theatrical studies, caryatids, sculptural heads, nudes, portraits, studies for paintings.• The caryatids were sculpted not by Leoni himself but by Antonio Abbondio working to drawings by the owner.

Origin caryatid

(1500-1600) Latin caryatides (plural), from Greek, “female priests of the goddess Artemis at Caryae, a town in ancient Greece”

词汇	caryatid
释义	caryatid Word family nouncaryatidadjectivecaryatic Related topics: Architecture car·y·at·id /ˌkæriˈætɪd/ noun [countableC] AA technical a pillar in the shape of a female figure 女像柱〔雕成女性形状的建筑物支柱〕 Examples from the Corpus caryatid• Level was captivated by one of Modigliani's large caryatids in watercolour and wanted to buy it.• Each of the legs of the table incorporated a naked ormolu caryatid.• It included academic studies, theatrical studies, caryatids, sculptural heads, nudes, portraits, studies for paintings.• The caryatids were sculpted not by Leoni himself but by Antonio Abbondio working to drawings by the owner. Origin caryatid (1500-1600) Latin caryatides (plural), from Greek, “female priests of the goddess Artemis at Caryae, a town in ancient Greece”
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