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caryatid

n.[建]女像柱

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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