triptych
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++trip·tych /ˈtrɪptɪk/ noun [countable] technicalAVP a religious picture painted on three pieces of wood that are joined together 三联画〔画在三块相连木板上的宗教题材绘画〕
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triptych• Facing you on a curved wall is a triptych of towering double screens.• The work forms part of a triptych - combining also the Requiem and Stabat Mater.• It looked rather like a closed triptych.• Interior screens can range from fabric-covered triptych folding ones you can move around to sliding doors to a climbing house plant.• As news of his triptych spread, he fell under increasing suspicion.• It takes the form of a painted triptych, eleven feet high, and is signed by Melchior Salabuss and dated 1588.• First the St Sebastian triptych, all finished, down to the last arrowhead and gobbet of blood.• There was no sign of the St Sebastian triptych.Origin triptych (1700-1800) Greek triptychos “having three folds”, from tri- + ptyche “fold”trip·tych nounChineseSyllable
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triptych
trip‧tych /ˈtrɪptɪk/
noun [countable]
trip‧tych /ˈtrɪptɪk/
noun [countable] Date: 1700-1800
Language: Greek
Origin: triptychos 'having three folds', from tri- + ptyche 'fold'
technical a religious picture painted on three pieces of wood that are joined together
Language: Greek
Origin: triptychos 'having three folds', from tri- + ptyche 'fold'