gaine

gaine — 名詞

1. a quadrangular stone or marble pillar that supports a carved bust or a person's

1.名詞C2
釋義

像座；柱座

托住胸像或女神柱身的多邊形漸窄底座

a quadrangular stone or marble pillar that supports a carved bust or a person's head; also, the long lower section of a caryatid column that narrows as it goes down, often decorated with carved details

例句

The marble gaine beneath the emperor's bust was carved from a single stone block.

皇帝胸像下方的大理石像座是由一整塊石頭雕刻而成的。

subject is a gaine that supports a bust

Roya studied the carvings on the gaine that supported the caryatid figures at the temple.

Roya 仔細研究了廟宇內那些支撐女像柱的像座上的雕刻。

collocation: gaine + supports + caryatid figures

同義詞
  • pedestal

    a more general term for any base supporting a statue or column; gaine specifies the quadrangular, tapering shape

  • term

    in architecture, a 'term' refers to a statue or bust mounted on a tapering pedestal; the gaine is specifically the pedestal part

文法句型

a/the + gaine + [prepositional phrase]

用法筆記

This term is almost exclusively used in discussions of classical architecture and stone carving. The gaine is distinct from a regular pedestal because it is quadrangular and narrows toward the bottom.