epistyle
epistyle — 名詞
1. In classical architecture, the long horizontal block that sits immediately on to
額枋
古典建築柱頂橫樑
In classical architecture, the long horizontal block that sits immediately on top of the columns, forming the lowest part of the entablature — for example, the stone beam that runs across the front of a Greek temple above the column capitals.
Theo ran his fingers along the temple's weathered epistyle, feeling grooves carved two thousand years ago.
Theo 的手指沿著神廟那塊風化了的額枋滑過，感受著兩千年前刻下的凹槽紋路。
epistyle of + [temple/building]
Architecture students measured the temple's epistyle to study how its proportions created visual balance.
建築系學生量了神廟額枋的尺寸，研究其比例如何營造出視覺上的平衡感。
countable noun with 'the' + of-possessive
Restoration workers numbered every piece of the broken epistyle before lifting it back onto the columns.
修復人員為每一塊破碎的額枋編號，然後再將其吊回柱頂。
A Doric epistyle is a plain stone block, but an Ionic epistyle has three horizontal bands.
多立克柱式的額枋是一塊樸素的石條，而愛奧尼柱式的額枋則分為三條橫向帶紋。
register: formal architectural description; Doric vs Ionic contrast
The guide pointed to the epistyle and said its decoration showed a scene from a myth about Athena.
導覽員指著額枋說，上面的裝飾描繪了一則關於雅典娜女神的神話場景。
- plain epistyle
- decorated epistyle
- stone epistyle
- marble epistyle
- epistyle of the temple
- architrave
The standard term in modern architecture and construction; 'epistyle' is mostly used in classical and archaeological contexts.
- lintel
A general word for any horizontal beam over an opening; less specific than 'epistyle', which belongs to a defined structural system (columns + entablature).
文法句型
epistyle of + [building/structure]
用法筆記
This term is almost exclusively used in discussions of ancient Greek and Roman architecture. The more common everyday word for the same part is 'architrave'.
常見錯誤
同根字
- stylite名詞C2
- peristyle名詞C2
- architrave名詞C2
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- temple
- column
- entablature
- architecture
常用片語
- epistyle and frieze
- plain stone epistyle
- decorated marble epistyle
介系詞搭配
- epistyle of
- above the epistyle