clerestory
英 ['klɪə,stɔːrɪ]
美['klɪr,stori]
- n. 天窗；长廊
英英释义
- 1. part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light
中文词源
clerestory （教堂）侧天窗
来自clear 和story 的合成词。
英文词源
- clerestory
- clerestory: see clear
- clerestory (n.)
- early 15c., probably from clere "clear," in a sense "light, lighted" (see clear (adj.)), and story (n.2), though this sense of that word is not otherwise found so early. Originally the upper part of the nave, transepts, and choir of a large church; so called because pierced with windows. Related: Clerestorial.
词态变化
复数: clerestories;