999英语网 单词
reredos的意思
reredos
英 ['rds]
美
- n. 祭坛背后有装饰的屏风
英文词源
- reredos (n.)
- "screen behind an altar," late 14c., from Anglo-French rere-, archaic comb. form of rear (n.), + dos "back" (see dossier). Klein's sources suggest it is aphetic of Anglo-French areredos, from Old French arere "at the back" (Modern French arrière).