Ionic

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I·on·ic /aɪˈɒnɪk $ aɪˈɑː-/ adjective  AAmade in the simply decorated style of ancient Greek buildings 〔古希腊〕爱奥尼亚建筑风格的〔一种简洁的装饰风格〕 → Doric an Ionic column 爱奥尼亚式柱子

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Ionic• Most Roman temples are in the Corinthian order, a few Ionic but rarely Doric.• From the atria one passes into the first peristyle which has an Ionic colonnade and a central fountain.• This one has Ionic columns and a balustrade, and the speaker's gallery seems to have been right.• Ahead, a handful of broken Ionic columns rose against the pale blue sky.• The porch is a semicircle of giant Ionic columns running the full height of the house.• The Doric capitals were large and simple, the Ionic ones of the Aeolic type.• The large Ionic Temple of Artemis at Sardis seems to have been built in three phases.Origin Ionic (1600-1700) French Ionique, from Latin, from Greek Ionikos

I·on·ic adjectiveChineseSyllable  

style in ancient of simply made the Greek decorated Corpus

Ionic
I‧on‧ic /aɪˈɒnɪk $ aɪˈɑː-/ adjectivemade in the simply decorated style of ancient Greek buildings ⇨ Doric:
    an Ionic column

ionicBrE /aɪˈɒnɪk/ 🔊NAmE /aɪˈɑːnɪk/ 🔊 adjective(chemistry 化学) of or related to ions 离子的(chemistry 化学) (of a chemical bond 化学键) using the electrical pull between positive and negative ions 离子的；电价的  ➡  compare covalent Ionic (architecture 建筑) used to describe a style of architecture in ancient Greece that uses a curved decoration in the shape of a scroll 爱奥尼亚柱式的（古希腊建筑风格，有涡卷饰）