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alcove是什么意思

alcove

英 ['ælkəʊv] 美 ['ælkov]
  • n. 凹室;壁龛
  • n. (Alcove)人名;(法)阿尔科夫

alcove 助记提示


alcove凹口屋.屋子里的凹口 n. 凹室(凹进处,与一个房间相连或形成房间的一部分)。 
2. al 音:凹 + cave 洞穴→凹洞;音:凹坑屋,凹进去的坑做成的屋子
3. 谐音“爱抠窝、爱抠屋”。

alcove 中文词源


alcove 壁凹

来自阿拉伯语al-qobbah. al, 阿拉伯定冠词。qobbah,拱顶,拼写受cave影响而俗化。

alcove 英文词源


alcove
alcove: [17] Alcove is of Arabic origin. It reached English, via French alcôve and Spanish alcoba (where it means ‘recessed area for a bed’), from Arabic al-qobbah ‘the arch, the vault’, hence ‘the vaulted room’, which was derived from the verb qubba ‘vault’.
alcove (n.)
1670s, "vaulted recess," from French alcôve (17c.), from Spanish alcoba, from Arabic al-qobbah "the vaulted chamber," from Semitic base q-b-b "to be bent, crooked, vaulted."

alcove 双语例句


1. The bookcase fits neatly into the alcove.
书架正好放得进壁凹。

来自《权威词典》

2. The alcove held a couch.
这凹进去的地方有一张长沙发.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Set into an alcove under the side deck is a tiny wash basin.
舷边甲板下面的一个凹处放了一个小小的洗脸盆。

来自柯林斯例句

4. The bed fits neatly into the alcove.
床正好放进壁凹里.

来自辞典例句

5. A young lady, a guest of the house, playing a piano in an alcove pleased him.
一位年轻太太, 这家饭店的一个客人, 正在一间凹室里弹钢琴,使他感到很愉快.

来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

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