Vase

[vɑːz] or [veɪz]

解释:

(noun.) an open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers.

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解释:

(n.) A vessel adapted for various domestic purposes, and anciently for sacrificial uses; especially, a vessel of antique or elegant pattern used for ornament; as, a porcelain vase; a gold vase; a Grecian vase. See Illust. of Portland vase, under Portland.

(n.) A vessel similar to that described in the first definition above, or the representation of one in a solid block of stone, or the like, used for an ornament, as on a terrace or in a garden. See Illust. of Niche.

(n.) The body, or naked ground, of the Corinthian and Composite capital; -- called also tambour, and drum.

(n.) The calyx of a plant.

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解释:

n. a vessel of stone metal glass or earthenware anciently used for domestic purposes and in offering sacrifices: an ornamental vessel generally of an antique pattern: a sculptured vaselike ornament: (archit.) the body of the Corinthian capital.—n. Vase′-paint′ing the decoration of vases with pigments esp. the decoration of the pottery of the ancient Greeks.—adj. Vā′siform.—Etruscan vases Greek vases so called mistakenly because found in Etruscan tombs; Portland vase a famous Gr鎐o-Roman cameo-glass with reliefs in opaque white glass on a dark-blue ground 9?inches high now preserved in the British Museum.

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