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单词 palmette
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Definition of palmette in English:

palmette

noun palˈmɛtpalˈmet
Archaeology
  • An ornament of radiating petals like a palm leaf.

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    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is entirely ebonized and has gilded panels decorated with birds, butterflies, palmettes, and flowers.
    • A late, Imperial, date might be supported by three antefixes with palmettes that were found in the water reservoir.
    • The earlier type of flamelike pattern, seen in most of the large-scale caves at Yungang, is rendered either as palmettes or as wavy lines in relief.
    • Like cloudbands, lotus palmettes, and several other motifs, the imagery of the dragon and the phoenix travelled the Silk Route from China westward.
    • Ornate voluted palmettes separate the groups, while tendrils of vegetation fill the space around the animals, creating the impression of lace.
    • This work, marked by palmettes and knotted vines forming a cross, was paired with a sculpture of the Virgin and Child from the Banjska Monastery.
    • Glazed white acanthus leaves and palmettes decorate the base of the body of the vase.
    • But later he identifies the palmette on the back of the throne as typical ‘artistic embellishment’ that would suggest a Jewish influence, and favors a non-Jewish ownership of the first building.
    • Gustavian looking glasses were symmetrical, with decoration such as beading, rose swags, laurel leaf borders, palmettes, sheaves, and rope-tied crests.
    • The lowest cylindrical section was the most lavishly decorated, with a wide turquoise-glazed epigraphic band set between geometric medallions and palmette motifs.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from French, literally 'small palm', diminutive of palme.

Definition of palmette in US English:

palmette

nounpalˈmet
Archaeology
  • An ornament of radiating petals that resemble the leaflets of a palm.

    〔考古〕棕叶饰

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But later he identifies the palmette on the back of the throne as typical ‘artistic embellishment’ that would suggest a Jewish influence, and favors a non-Jewish ownership of the first building.
    • Like cloudbands, lotus palmettes, and several other motifs, the imagery of the dragon and the phoenix travelled the Silk Route from China westward.
    • A late, Imperial, date might be supported by three antefixes with palmettes that were found in the water reservoir.
    • It is entirely ebonized and has gilded panels decorated with birds, butterflies, palmettes, and flowers.
    • The lowest cylindrical section was the most lavishly decorated, with a wide turquoise-glazed epigraphic band set between geometric medallions and palmette motifs.
    • Gustavian looking glasses were symmetrical, with decoration such as beading, rose swags, laurel leaf borders, palmettes, sheaves, and rope-tied crests.
    • Glazed white acanthus leaves and palmettes decorate the base of the body of the vase.
    • The earlier type of flamelike pattern, seen in most of the large-scale caves at Yungang, is rendered either as palmettes or as wavy lines in relief.
    • This work, marked by palmettes and knotted vines forming a cross, was paired with a sculpture of the Virgin and Child from the Banjska Monastery.
    • Ornate voluted palmettes separate the groups, while tendrils of vegetation fill the space around the animals, creating the impression of lace.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from French, literally ‘small palm’, diminutive of palme.

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