Word · Frequency #22610
tracery
窗花格；装饰线条
decoration made of an open pattern of interlacing ribs or lines
- 1.
Bars or ribs, usually of stone or wood, or other material, that subdivide an opening or stand in relief against a door or wall as an ornamental feature.
用石、木等制成的装饰性窗格或肋条,分隔开口或装饰门墙。
- 2.
A delicate interlacing of lines reminiscent of the architectural ornament.
类似建筑装饰的精致线条交织。
用石、木等制成的装饰性窗格或肋条,分隔开口或装饰门墙。；类似建筑装饰的精致线条交织。；窗花格；装饰线条
In use
The old cathedral's stone tracery caught the morning light beautifully.
The architect designed delicate tracery for the new chapel windows.
We admired the intricate tracery above the entrance door.
the tracery of [noun]
of 后接具体部位，表示该部位上的花格图案；表示具体某一种花格时也可数，复数形式为 traceries。
The tracery of the east window is especially fine.
东窗的花格特别精美。
tracery in [noun]
in 后接建筑部位，说明花格所在的位置。
The tracery in the chapel's side windows shows a flowing design.
小教堂侧窗上的花格呈流动形图案。
[noun] with tracery
with tracery 放在名词后作定语，相当于“带有花格的”，此时 tracery 大多作不可数名词使用。
Connections
Collocations
- Gothic tracery
- 哥特式窗花格
- The cathedral is famous for its Gothic tracery.这座大教堂以其哥特式窗花格而闻名。
- stone tracery
- 石雕窗花格
- Light passed through the delicate stone tracery.光线透过精致的石雕窗花格。
- window tracery
- 窗花格
- The window tracery was added in the 15th century.这些窗花格是在15世纪加上的。
- intricate tracery
- 繁复的窗花格
- The master craftsman designed the intricate tracery.这位工匠大师设计了繁复的窗花格。
- delicate tracery
- 精致的窗花格
- The delicate tracery of the rose window amazed the visitors.玫瑰窗上精致的窗花格令游客惊叹。
- tracery of branches
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想‘trace（描绘线条）’：哥特窗户上描出交织的细线花格，tracery 就是窗花格。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：architecture、art history、Gothic church decoration tracery 通常用于建筑、艺术史等正式或专业语境，指哥特式建筑窗户上由交错石肋构成的镂空装饰；日常口语中较少出现。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words share the spelling suffix -ery, but only some of their sounds match. Tracery /ˈtreɪsəri/: grocery /ˈɡroʊsəri/ and nursery /ˈnɜːrsəri/ match the unstressed ending /səri/, but their stressed vowels differ, so they are not exact rhymes. Bakery /ˈbeɪkəri/ and bravery /ˈbreɪvəri/ share the stressed vowel /eɪ/ and the final /əri/, yet the middle consonant differs, making them near rhymes only. Beware surgery /ˈsɜːrdʒəri/ and mystery /ˈmɪstəri/: their similar spellings are misleading because their vowel sounds are quite different. No common English word rhymes exactly with tracery.
Learn the forms together
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.