alcove
英 ['?lk??v]
美['?lkov]
- n. 凹室；壁龕
- n. (Alcove)人名；(法)阿爾科夫
GRE低頻詞
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?alcoves;
助記提示
alcove凹口屋.屋子里的凹口?n.?凹室(凹進(jìn)處,與一個(gè)房間相連或形成房間的一部分)。?
2. al 音：凹 + cave 洞穴→凹洞；音：凹坑屋，凹進(jìn)去的坑做成的屋子
3. 諧音“愛(ài)摳窩、愛(ài)摳屋”。
2. al 音：凹 + cave 洞穴→凹洞；音：凹坑屋，凹進(jìn)去的坑做成的屋子
3. 諧音“愛(ài)摳窩、愛(ài)摳屋”。
中文詞源
alcove 壁凹
來(lái)自阿拉伯語(yǔ)al-qobbah. al, 阿拉伯定冠詞。qobbah，拱頂，拼寫(xiě)受cave影響而俗化。
英文詞源
- alcove
- alcove: [17] Alcove is of Arabic origin. It reached English, via French alc?ve 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 alc?ve (17c.), from Spanish alcoba, from Arabic al-qobbah "the vaulted chamber," from Semitic base q-b-b "to be bent, crooked, vaulted."
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The bookcase fits neatly into the alcove.
- 書(shū)架正好放得進(jìn)壁凹。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. The alcove held a couch.
- 這凹進(jìn)去的地方有一張長(zhǎng)沙發(fā).
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 3. Set into an alcove under the side deck is a tiny wash basin.
- 舷邊甲板下面的一個(gè)凹處放了一個(gè)小小的洗臉盆。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. The bed fits neatly into the alcove.
- 床正好放進(jìn)壁凹里.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. A young lady, a guest of the house, playing a piano in an alcove pleased him.
- 一位年輕太太, 這家飯店的一個(gè)客人, 正在一間凹室里彈鋼琴,使他感到很愉快.
來(lái)自英漢文學(xué) - 嘉莉妹妹