Corinthian
[kə'rinθiən]
解释:
(noun.) a resident of Corinth.
(adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of Corinth or its inhabitants .
(adj.) or pertaining to the Corinthian style of architecture .
杰里米整理--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Of or relating to Corinth.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the Corinthian order of architecture, invented by the Greeks, but more commonly used by the Romans.
(a.) Debauched in character or practice; impure.
(a.) Of or pertaining to an amateur sailor or yachtsman; as, a corinthian race (one in which the contesting yachts must be manned by amateurs.)
(n.) A native or inhabitant of Corinth.
(n.) A gay, licentious person.
录入:希莉娅
解释:
adj. pertaining to Corinth a city of Greece: pertaining to an ornate order of Greek architecture (M. Arnold) to an over-brilliant literary style: profligate.—n. a profligate: a man of fashion a 'swell.'—n. Cor′inth (obs.) a brothel from the notorious licentiousness of Corinth.—v.i. Corinth′ianise to be licentious.—Corinthian brass bronze an alloy made in Corinth much valued in ancient times: assurance or effrontery.
整理:肯尼思
例句:
- The six columns are their bases, Corinthian capitals and entablature--and six more shapely columns do not exist. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- The meanest streets are strewed with truncated columns, broken capitals--Corinthian and Ionic, and sparkling fragments of granite or porphyry. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Nor, if a man is to be in condition, would you allow him to have a Corinthian girl as his fair friend? 柏拉图. 理想国.
- BREADALBY Breadalby was a Georgian house with Corinthian pillars, standing among the softer, greener hills of Derbyshire, not far from Cromford. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Now for the Trenors, you remember, he chose the Corinthian: exuberant, but based on the best precedent. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- At the same time he wrote to the Corinthians, insisting that they should send Thessalus to him in chains. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
整理:李奥娜