frieze

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A kind of coarse woollen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side. countable,uncountable
    — [I]f a plaine fellow well and cleanely apparelled, either in home-ſpun ruſſet or freeze (as the ſeaſon requires) with a five pouch at his girdle, happen to appeare in his ruſticall likenes: there is a Cozen ſaies one, At which word out flies the Taker, and thus giues the onſet vpon my olde Pennyfather.
  2. The portion of an architectural entablature situated between the architrave and the cornice, consisting of a flat surface that may be continuous or articulated by triglyphs and is often decorated with sculptural figures and ornamental details.
  3. Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or in rich pieces of furniture. broadly
    — The narrative frieze, which was derived from the scenes on steles and seals, became the most important aspect of Assyrian art.
  4. A banner with a series of pictures.
    — The classroom had an alphabet frieze that showed an animal for each letter.
动词 v.
  1. To make a nap on (cloth); to frizz. transitive
  2. To put a frieze on. transitive

词形变化

friezes plural freeze alternative friezes present,singular,third-person friezing participle,present friezed participle,past friezed past friezes plural friezes present,singular,third-person friezing participle,present friezed participle,past friezed past

词汇关系

衍生词
friezed frieze group friezeless friezelike friezer friezy

词源

词源 1
Late Middle English, from French and Middle French frise, probably from Medieval Latin Frisia (“Frisian (wool)”) due to import via Northern ships. Or, from French friser (“to curl”)..
词源 2
From French and Middle French frise f, derived from an Upper Italian fris f, Medieval Latin frisum, frisium, frigium, frixum, frigium, of controversial origin, possibly from multiple sources, Arabic إِفْرِيز (ʔifrīz, “king beam, cornice”) and Latin opus Phrygium (“a kind of embroidery”, literally “work of Phrygia”), the demonym Frisian and terms related to the textile term above in a transferred sense.
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