exedra
/ek-si-druh, ek-see-/US // ˈɛk sɪ drə, ɛkˈsi- //UK // (ˈɛksɪdrə, ɛkˈsiː-) //
祛斑,祛斑剂,祛除,祛痰
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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plural ex·e·drae [ek-si-dree, ek-see-dree]. /ˈɛk sɪˌdri, ɛkˈsi dri/.
- : a room or covered area open on one side, used as a meeting place.
- : a permanent outdoor bench, semicircular in plan and having a high back.
Examples
F, F, exedra in which there were seats for the philosophers to hold their conversations.
Lounging on an exedra was a young woman in a woolen chiton, barefoot and trifling with the Greek ampyx that bound her golden hair.
Laodice flung her hands over her face and shrank in an agony of shame down upon the exedra.
The exedra is also adorned with many other paintings and ornaments which it would be too long to describe.
The large exedra at the southern side contains on the ground-floor a vast central saloon, and two side rooms.
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