资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Moorish \Moor"ish\, a. [See 1st {Moor}, and cf. {Morris},
{Moresque}.]
Of or pertaining to Morocco or the Moors; in the style of the
Moors.
{Moorish architecture}, the style developed by the Moors in
the later Middle Ages, esp. in Spain, in which the arch
had the form of a horseshoe, and the ornamentation
admitted no representation of animal life. It has many
points of resemblance to the Arabian and Persian styles,
but should be distinguished from them. See Illust. under
{Moresque}.
资料来源 : WordNet®
Moorish architecture
n : a style of architecture common in Spain from the 13th to
16th centuries; characterized by the horseshoe (Moorish)
arch [syn: {Moorish}]