peristyle

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɛɹɪstaɪl/    美 /ˈpɛɹəstaɪl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A colonnade surrounding a courtyard, temple, etc., or the yard enclosed by such columns.
    — One cannot, for example, see the Temple of Æsculapius as one stands in the fine open courtyard as it was intended one should do; the interstices on that side of the peristyle have been blocked by Venetian Gothic buildings.
  2. A porch surrounded by columns.
  3. A sacred roofed courtyard with a central pillar (the potomitan), used as a space for voodoo ceremonies, either alone or as an adjunct to an enclosed temple or altar-room.
    — The peristyle is a roofed structure, open at the sides, in which most of the ceremonials and dances take place.

词形变化

peristyles plural

词汇关系

衍生词
peristyled

词源

From French péristyle, from Classical Latin peristȳlum, from περίστυλον (perístulon), from περι- (peri-, “around”) + στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”). peri- + -style.
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