pediment

IPA/ˈpedɪmənt/
IPA/ˈpedɪmənt/

pediment — noun

  • pedimentsingular
  • pedimentsplural

1. a three-sided architectural feature placed above a main entrance or row of colum

1.名詞C2
釋義

a three-sided architectural feature placed above a main entrance or row of columns, often carved and used to finish the front roofline

例句

Tourists stopped to photograph the carved pediment above the town hall doors.

common location: pediment above a public entrance

Rain had darkened the stone pediment over the old library steps.

collocation: stone pediment

同義詞
  • gable

    also triangular, but it names the roof-end wall itself and is not necessarily decorative

  • fronton

    a rarer art-history term for the same kind of classical triangular feature

文法句型

a pediment above + entrance/doorway

stone pediment

broken pediment

用法筆記

Common in architecture, art-history, and museum writing. It usually names the triangular front above an entrance or columned facade, not the whole roof end of an ordinary house.

常見錯誤

❌The workers painted the pediment along every wall in the room.
✅The workers painted the cornice along every wall in the room.
💡A pediment is the triangular top feature above an entrance or similar front, not a long strip running around a room.