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Definition of peristyle in English: peristylenoun ˈpɛrɪstʌɪlˈpɛrəˌstaɪl Architecture 1A row of columns surrounding a space within a building such as a court or internal garden or edging a veranda or porch. 〔建筑〕周柱列 Example sentencesExamples - The original building comprised a courtyard of enormous size with a full peristyle of eight columns on a side.
- In it, he criticized the unity of place and time imposed by the classical theatre, which confined all the action to a banal peristyle and expelled all drama to the wings.
- The sequence of these spaces in the palace suggests the atrium and peristyle of Roman houses, basic features of domestic architecture emphasized by the Roman writer Vitruvius.
- This form, upon which our modern atria are based, was enclosed on all sides by buildings with roofs sloping to a columned peristyle or walkway around a courtyard.
- The presence of gardens and especially of a peristyle make one think of a domus, or patrician residence.
- 1.1 A space such as a court or porch that is surrounded or edged by a peristyle.
周柱廊；周柱中庭 Example sentencesExamples - With luck, the place would have a working fountain, or at least rainwater in the peristyle garden.
- One should perceive a bit further in the distance the colonnade forming the peristyle of the temple of Berecynthia.
- She often spent her days in the peristyle, reading or playing the harp.
- Portraits of famous Greek and Roman poets, orators, and statesmen filled libraries and peristyles.
- The characteristic Pompeian house with its peristyle garden, planted with trees and shrubs, frequently had an outdoor dining area, shaded by a canopy of vines.
OriginEarly 17th century: from French péristyle, from Latin peristylum, from Greek peristulon, from peri- 'around' + stulos 'pillar'. Definition of peristyle in US English: peristylenounˈperəˌstīlˈpɛrəˌstaɪl Architecture 1A row of columns surrounding a space within a building such as a court or internal garden or edging a veranda or porch. 〔建筑〕周柱列 Example sentencesExamples - The original building comprised a courtyard of enormous size with a full peristyle of eight columns on a side.
- This form, upon which our modern atria are based, was enclosed on all sides by buildings with roofs sloping to a columned peristyle or walkway around a courtyard.
- In it, he criticized the unity of place and time imposed by the classical theatre, which confined all the action to a banal peristyle and expelled all drama to the wings.
- The presence of gardens and especially of a peristyle make one think of a domus, or patrician residence.
- The sequence of these spaces in the palace suggests the atrium and peristyle of Roman houses, basic features of domestic architecture emphasized by the Roman writer Vitruvius.
- 1.1 An architectural space such as a court or porch that is surrounded or edged by a peristyle.
周柱廊；周柱中庭 Example sentencesExamples - One should perceive a bit further in the distance the colonnade forming the peristyle of the temple of Berecynthia.
- She often spent her days in the peristyle, reading or playing the harp.
- The characteristic Pompeian house with its peristyle garden, planted with trees and shrubs, frequently had an outdoor dining area, shaded by a canopy of vines.
- Portraits of famous Greek and Roman poets, orators, and statesmen filled libraries and peristyles.
- With luck, the place would have a working fountain, or at least rainwater in the peristyle garden.
OriginEarly 17th century: from French péristyle, from Latin peristylum, from Greek peristulon, from peri- ‘around’ + stulos ‘pillar’. |