caryatid
英 [,kærɪ'ætɪd]
美[,kærɪ'ætɪd]
- n. [建] 女像柱
英英释义
- 1. a supporting column carved in the shape of a person
中文词源
caryatid 女像柱
来自希腊词Karyatides，来自古希腊Karyai的月神Artemis神庙的女祭司神像。
英文词源
- caryatid (n.)
- "carved female figure used as a column," 1560s, from Middle French cariatide, from Latin caryatides, from Greek Karyatides (singular Karyatis) "priestesses of Artemis at Caryae" (Greek Karyai), a town in Laconia where dance festivals were held in Artemis' temple. Male figures in a like situation are Atlantes, plural of Atlas.
词态变化
复数: caryatides; caryatids;