frontispiece

/ˈfrʌntɪspiːs/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈfrʌntɪspiːs/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈfrən-tə-ˌspēs/ (ame, mw)

frontispiece — noun

  • frontispiecesingular
  • frontispiecesplural

1. a full-page illustration printed near the start of a book, usually set across fr

1.名詞C2
釋義

a full-page illustration printed near the start of a book, usually set across from the title page.

例句

The museum catalogue opens with a frontispiece showing the newly restored temple.

open with + a frontispiece

Before chapter one, Salma studied the frontispiece of the ship in stormy seas.

frontispiece of + scene

同義詞
  • illustration

    broader term for any picture in a book; a frontispiece is specifically placed at the front

  • plate

    older or more formal term for a full-page printed picture

  • portrait

    fits only when the frontispiece shows a person rather than a general scene

文法句型

a frontispiece of + person/scene

the frontispiece opposite the title page

open with + a frontispiece

用法筆記

Usually refers to a single large illustration near the front of a printed book, often facing the title page. Distinguish from sense 2, which refers to the front face of a building.

常見錯誤

❌The book's frontispiece was on the cover.
✅The book's frontispiece was opposite the title page.
💡A frontispiece is inside the book near the beginning, not on the outer cover.

2. the main outer face of a building, especially the part designed to be seen from

2.名詞C2
釋義

the main outer face of a building, especially the part designed to be seen from the street.

例句

The hotel's marble frontispiece caught Meera's eye from across the square.

marble frontispiece

Workers cleaned the soot from the frontispiece before the old theater reopened.

clean the soot from the frontispiece

同義詞
  • facade

    the usual modern word for the visible outer face of a building

  • front

    less technical and more general than frontispiece

  • front elevation

    technical architectural term, especially in plans or formal description

反義詞
  • rear

    the back side of a building rather than the street-facing front

文法句型

the frontispiece of + building

carved/ornate + frontispiece

用法筆記

Mostly appears in architectural or historical writing and refers to the most visible front face of a building. Distinguish from sense 1, which is a picture printed inside a book.