饕餮纹

饕餮紋
tāotièwén
zoomorphic mask motif

CEDICT

一种商周青铜器上常见的纹饰。纹样象徵古代传说中一种贪食的凶兽──饕餮的面形。其特徵是仅凋有动物的颜面，圆眼突出，常以浮凋出的扉棱为颜面的鼻，并作卷曲的眉和耳。多衬以云雷纹。西周后期以后逐渐失去主题纹饰的突出地位，常用作器耳或器足的纹饰。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 饕餮 tāotiè
  1. ferocious mythological animal, the fifth son of the dragon king
  2. zoomorphic mask motif, found on Shang and Zhou ritual bronzes
  3. gluttonous
  4. sumptuous (banquet)
2 纹 wén
  1. line
  2. trace
  3. mark
  4. pattern
  5. grain (of wood etc)