英语词汇“Piranesian”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

Piranesian

释义

Piranesian, a.|pɪrəˈneɪzɪən|
[f. the name of the Italian architect and artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–78) + -an.]
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Piranesi, his style, or his theories of architecture.
1923A. Huxley Antic Hay vi. 87 You could fancy yourself at the entrance of one of Piranesi's prisons... Mrs Viveash's taxi drove in under the Piranesian arch.1925― Along Road ii. 93 The Colosseum, mantled..with a romantic, Piranesian growth of shrubs.1926― Jesting Pilate i. 123 The cathedral of the banyan grove is transformed into a Piranesian prison.1961Architect & Building News 21 June 822/1 The east and west elevations close the vistas in a highly dramatic, almost Piranesian, fashion.1962Guardian 25 Sept. 5/6 These halls..are of Piranesian grandeur.1968Punch 25 Dec. 910/1 They have just reconstituted Euston Station and I don't like it at all. I miss the mock-Doric arch and the Victorian grandeur, the sweeping vistas and the Piranesian gloom.1976Listener 1 Apr. 413/2 Some gargantuan, crudely-painted Piranesian ruin.

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