caryatid
n.[建]女像柱
难易程度:
caryatid为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词复数:caryatids 形容词:caryatidal
caryatid
/,kærɪ'ætɪd; ,kærɪ`ætɪd/
n (architecture 建) statue of a female figure used as a supporting pillar in a building 女像柱.
caryatid
n[C][
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Latin;Origin: caryatides (plural), from
Greek,
'female priests of the goddess Artemis at Caryae, a town in ancient Greece']
technical a
pillar in the shape of a female figure