stelae
plural ofstele
| 单词 | stelae |
| 释义 | stelae plural ofstele Examplesofstelaestelae As public monuments, thestelaefollow the conventions of an artistic language that was invented in order to make public declarations. From theCambridge English Corpus He believed that the glyphs, ornaments, idols,stelae, and altars were built up of numerical symbols and dedicated to number worship. From theCambridge English Corpus Onstelae, the ruler was shown holding military or ritual objects. From theCambridge English Corpus It is difficult in those cases to claim that the absence ofstelaeduring a particular period is indicative of anything meaningful. From theCambridge English Corpus One is oral tradition, the other is hisstelae. From theCambridge English Corpus His description suggests thestelaewere lying on their sides in the sixteenth century. From theCambridge English Corpus They are tall, free-standing, pillar-likestelaewith tapering form, usually with a rectangular cross-section and pictorial narrative scenes carved on all four sides in registers. From theCambridge English Corpus If individual soldiers or battalions are mentioned, they are in smaller script, or they are onstelaethat do not mention a commanding superior. From theCambridge English Corpus Second, all of thestelaein the group have texts or iconographic content. From theCambridge English Corpus The reference would be to white stuccoed non-effigy censers used to burn incense nearstelaeand then left at their place of use. From theCambridge English Corpus Yaxchilanstelaeoften included ancestor cartouches above the ruler. From theCambridge English Corpus Monuments include structures and large sculpture such asstelaethat were carved with information about cosmologies and hierarchies of power. From theCambridge English Corpus It seems likely that these features resulted from human modification, specifically as a byproduct of ceremonies centered onstelaeendowed with sacredness. From theCambridge English Corpus This liveliness, however, is tempered in bothstelae. From theCambridge English Corpus Thestelaesymbolize the connection of the world of the living and the underworld. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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