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

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”。

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。

英文词源

alcovealcove: [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."

双语例句

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

来自《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