English Dictionary

plinth

IPA（発音記号）

/plɪnθ/

名詞

A block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue or other structure is based. / The bottom course of stones or bricks supporting a wall. / A base or pedestal beneath a cabinet.

日本語の意味

柱、台座、彫像などを支えるための基礎となる石または板の塊やスラブ。 / 壁を支えるための下層部に敷かれた石またはレンガのコース。 / キャビネットなどの家具の下にある台や台座。

The historian carefully examined the inscriptions carved into the marble plinth before documenting them.

その歴史家は記録を取る前に、大理石の台座に刻まれた銘文を注意深く調べた。

意味（1）

A block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue or other structure is based.

He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.

意味（2）

The bottom course of stones or bricks supporting a wall.

意味（3）

A base or pedestal beneath a cabinet.

plinths （ plural ）