He would step things back, almost like the tympanum at the entrance to a gothic church.

几乎像是哥特式教堂入口处山墙。

AZUZ : Ten-second trivia: The malleus, incus and tympanum are all parts of what?

十秒钟小知识：锤骨，锤骨、砧骨和耳膜都是部分?

In Umberto Eco's classic medieval murder mystery, The Name of the Rose, the novice, Adso, approaches the soaring edifice of an abbey chapel, Above him is a carved tympanum.

在翁贝托·埃科经典中世纪悬小说《玫瑰之名》中，年轻修道士阿德索座宏伟修道院教堂，抬头望去，只见上方有块雕刻精美山形墙。

" Mr. Harney, is she? She'd better dish up, then. He ain't coming" . He stood up, walked to the door, and called out, in the pitch necessary to penetrate the old woman's tympanum: " Get along with the supper, Verena" .

“哈尼先生，是吗？那她最好上菜了。他不会来了”。他站起来，到门口，用能穿透老太婆鼓膜声音喊道：“晚饭快点，韦雷娜。”