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pediment

noun
🔊/ˈpedɪmənt/
🔊/ˈpedɪmənt/
 (architecture建筑)
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  1. the part in the shape of a triangle above the entrance of a building in the ancient Greek style（古典希腊式建筑入口处上方的）山花Topics Buildingsc2
    Word Originlate 16th cent. (as periment): perhaps an alteration of pyramid.