a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire)
Verb
crouch down
draw back, as with fear or pain;
"she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
cross one's eyes as if in strabismus;
"The children squinted so as to scare each other"
例句
The fans which want to look at the supper star squinch at the door. 希望/想看一眼这位明星的影迷挤在了门口。
to squinch one's brows 皱眉
squinch arch 突角拱
"The most distinctive feature was the domed roof. To allow a dome to rest above a square Base, either of two devices was used: the squinch (an arch in each of the corners of a square Base that transforms it into an octagon) or the pendentive." 最独特的特点是圆屋顶,要让圆屋顶安置于方形基础上,可利用两种方式:内角拱(方形基础每个角落的拱门变为八角形)或穹隅。
