Entasis

[entәsis]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a slight convexity in the shaft of a column; compensates for the illusion of concavity that viewers experience when the sides are perfectly straight.

吉尔达整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A slight convex swelling of the shaft of a column.

(n.) Same as Entasia.

吉纳维芙校對

解釋/意思:

n. (archit.) the swelling outline of the shaft of a column—also Entā′sia: constrictive or tonic spasm.—adj. Entas′tic.

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