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单词 frieze
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Examples from literature
  • A frieze of angels ran round its four walls, and, oddly, for some special past occasion, a legend in crimson and gold on the western side bore the words, "The Eye of God is on us."
  • Finally, I had my collection of faded French costume prints set flat against the top of the wall as a frieze.
  • It was much dilapidated, and there was little ground about it, but inside there were old frescoes and pictures, strange plaster friezes and moulded ceilings, which had once been brightly coloured.
  • The inscription on the frieze ascribes praise to Mary alone.
  • The upper frieze has also winged cherubs' heads, six of them with swags of fruit and foliage, all of exceptional charm and vivacity.

Examplesoffrieze

frieze
Among the motifs depicted in the main chamber, nine figures currently interpreted as ballplayers stand on the lowerfrieze.
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Though sonnet 2 repeats ' ' dimfrieze, ' ' ' ' babies, ' ' ' ' today ' ' we are none the wiser, and the repetitions have an abstract musical quality.
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These distinctions in quality are most pronounced in the entablature block friezes.
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Characteristic elements of each were perfected over many years (as columns, capitals, beams, friezes, cornices, etc) and then combined to make coherent and identifiable building types.
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Phidias might sign his name under thatfriezeof nakedness, gliding through arenas of smoke in ten thousand instants of beauty.
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The motif is repeated, to make afrieze, and inverted (like a mirror image), so that, visually, it is possible to read a pair of motifs as a single interval.
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Wavy rays or flames emanate from his body, and he is clothed like the ballplayers lining the alley friezes.
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Une offriezeindicates golden section applied to square, 5:8.
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Time and again ludicrous stage business detracted from a sometimes interesting musical mosaic that acted like an antiquefriezeand against which the occasional tango or 'bluesy' tune was projected.
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Fourteen blocks of the westfriezewere removed in 1993 and have not seen the light of day again.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I accept that the new countries must be providers as well as consumers of security in thefrieze.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The agreement will cover permanent advertising material of this type, specifically window friezes and full window dressings.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Thefriezehas been cleared away but all the old features, so far as possible, have been restored.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Above the second story is a widefriezewith cornucopia, shells, torches, flowers and other foliage.
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Wikipedia
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It included statues; busts; whole panels; friezes; fascia; medallions; paterae; coats of arms; balusters; pinnacles; chimneypieces; furniture; interior ornaments; and mouldings.
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