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楣 [méi]
1. 门框上的横木。
(Lintel over the door.)
2. 房屋的横梁,即二梁。
(Cross beam of a house, also known as the secondary beam.)
3. 屋檐口,椽端的横板。
(Eaves, the cross board at the end of the rafters.)
引申意:
1. 同本义 (Lintel over the door.)
2. 也指门框上的横木。也叫“门楣”。
(Also refers to the horizontal piece on the door frame, also called “door lintel.”)
3. 房屋的横梁,即二梁 (Cross beam of a house.)
例句:
- 又如:楣机 (metaphor for key or important part)
(For example: “lintel mechanism” (metaphor for key or important part).)
引文:
1. 《说文》:楣,屋边联也。齐谓之檐,楚谓之梠,秦谓之楣。徐锴曰:“按尔雅,‘楣谓之梁’谓门上横梁也。”
(From "Shuowen": "Méi refers to the side connection of a house. It is called eaves in Qi, and 梠 in Chu, and 瓇 in Qin. Xu Kai said: 'According to Erya, "Méi refers to a beam," specifically the horizontal beam over the door.')
2. 枚乘《七发》: 阳气见于眉(楣)宇之间。按,以屋之近前下垂处,喻额前也。
(From “Qi Fa”: “The yang energy appears between the eyebrow (Méi) and the roof.” According to this, the hanging part of the house near the front symbolizes the forehead.)
3. 《仪礼·乡饮礼》:主人阼阶上当楣。
(In "Rites of Zhou - Country Feast": "The host should stand at the stair of the gate under the lintel.")
4. 《仪礼·公食礼》:公当楣北乡皆是也。
(In "Rites of Zhou - Public Eating": "The public should be under the lintel to the north of the village.")
5. 明· 袁宏道《十景园小集》:苍藤蔽檐楣,楚楚干云势。
(Ming dynasty: Yuan Hongdao's "Ten Scenery Garden": "Vines cover the lintel, delicate clouds in the air.")
- 例:
又如:楣梁(房屋的次梁);楣栋(屋的正梁和次梁)
(For example: “Méi beam” (the secondary beam of a house); “Méi ridge” (the main and secondary beams of a house).)