Gothic

(noun.) a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches.

(noun.) a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries.

(noun.) extinct East Germanic language of the ancient Goths; the only surviving record being fragments of a 4th-century translation of the Bible by Bishop Ulfilas.

(adj.) characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque; 'gothic novels like `Frankenstein'' .

(adj.) of or relating to the Goths; 'Gothic migrations' .

(adj.) of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths; 'the Gothic Bible translation' .

(adj.) characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German .

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• All are fundamentally Gothic and Nordic peoples. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The flag with the inscription SLEARY'S HORSE-RIDING was there; and the Gothic niche was there; but Mr. Sleary was not there. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Sleary himself, a stout modern statue with a money-box at its elbow, in an ecclesiastical niche of early Gothic architecture, took the money. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• A Gothic arched door led to a worn stone staircase. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• After that, he fell to gardening, and I saw him from my gothic window pretending to employ the Aged, and nodding at him in a most devoted manner. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• To the east of the Gothic kingdom the emperors of Constantinople ruled definitely. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• We recognized the brown old Gothic pile in a moment; it was like the pictures. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

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