westwork

名词 n.
/ˈwɛstwɜːk/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The vaulted monumental structure at the western end of a church constructed in some medieval styles, flanked by two towers and containing the entrance.
    — Facing the raised sanctuary over the vast crypt they also often erected at the west end of the nave a towerlike structure with vaulted stories, that we call the "westwork."

词形变化

westworks plural

词源

Calque of German Westwerk, from German West (“west”) + Werk (“work”); equivalent to English west + -work.
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