caryatid
/kar-ee-at-id/US // ˌkær iˈæt ɪd //UK // (ˌkærɪˈætɪd) //
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
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plural car·y·at·ids, car·y·at·i·des [kar-ee-at-i-deez]. /ˌkær iˈæt ɪˌdiz/. Architecture.
- : a sculptured female figure used as a column.Compare atlas.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
The caryatid form of pier is generally found, in temples, in the peristyles of the fore-courts or the hypostyles of the pronaos.
Then he noticed Alicia, sitting motionless in her seat, just as he had left her, with the expressionless face of a caryatid.
It stood probably in the portico and may have served as a Caryatid.
The famous caryatid porch faces the south, looking toward the Parthenon.
Observe beneath these rags those caryatid bodies, those austere faces!
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