frontispiece
pronunciation
UK [ˈfrʌntɪspi:s]
US [ˈfrʌntɪˌspis]
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- n.
- 卷首插画
- 标题页
- 正面
- 正门
Word Origin
frontispiece 卷首插图
来自拉丁语frontispicium, 建筑物正面，临街装饰面。front-, 前面的，-spic, 看，词源同despicable, spectator. 后词义引申为卷首插图，拼写受piece影响俗化。
Example
- 1. Colour frontispiece by hugh thomson .
- 由休汤姆森山墙色彩。
- 2. The frontispiece to eikon basilike showed charles I as a martyr , kneeling in prayer .
- 国王圣像的标题页显示查尔斯一世作为一个殉道者下跪祈祷。
- 3. Here 's a frontispiece with rosenberg in a military coat .
- 这里是罗森堡穿军大衣的一个卷首插画.
- 4. Little pearl - who was as greatly pleased with the gleaming armour as she had been with the glittering frontispiece of the house - spent some time looking into the polished mirror of the breastplate .
- 小珠儿就象她刚才对宅瞪闪光的前脸大为高兴一样，此时对那明晃晃的盔甲也兴奋异常，她在擦得缀亮的护胸镜前照了好长时间。
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