altarpiece

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al·tar·piece /ˈɔːltəpiːs $ ˈɒːltər-/ noun [countable]  AVPa painting or sculpture behind an altar 〔圣坛背壁的〕圣坛装饰画，圣坛雕刻

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altarpiece• The eastern windows are obscured by a vast Baroque altarpiece.• You only have to visit some of the churches in Rome where his altarpieces hang to see what his naturalist art did.• Doors are joined to make a predella-like altarpiece.• Visitors to Cracow can see this monumental altarpiece only from afar.• In the late sixteenth century, the altarpiece was replaced by a Cigoli, and eventually sold.• The way to the return of the altarpiece now stood open.

al·tar·piece nounChineseSyllable  

Corpus painting altar or behind an sculpture a

altarpiece
al‧tar‧piece /ˈɔːltəpiːs $ ˈɒːltər-/ noun [countable]
a painting or sculpture behind an altar

al·tar·pieceBrE /ˈɔːltəpiːs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɔːltərpiːs/ 🔊 nouna painting or other piece of art located near the altar in a church 祭坛画（教堂祭坛附近的装饰性艺术品）