| 词汇 | gable |
| 释义 | gable noun[ C ] uk /ˈɡeɪ.bəl/ us /ˈɡeɪ.bəl/ the top end of the wall of a building, in the shape of a triangle, where it meets the sloping parts of a roof山墙，三角墙 Svproduction/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Parts of buildings: roofs & parts of roofs arcaded chimney chimney pot chimney stack covered cupola fascia gutter leading mansard roof onion dome pediment pinnacle rafter rib roofing roofless rooftop soffit sun deck Above are the attics, which stretch the whole length of an enormously high pointed roof, with two gables and two large dormer windows on each side of it. But for small gables on the buttresses, it is quite plain up to the level of the roof ridge. Marks can also be seen, in the masonry, which indicate that the building once had three gables. The house was an old one, the gables fronting the street. Then we passed a village, the thatched cottages with their white gables rising prettily from the blossoming orchards. gable | American Dictionarygable noun[ C ] us/ˈɡeɪ·bəl/ the triangular top end of the wall of a building where it meets the sloping parts of a roof Examples of gablegable Elements such as roofs, gables and windows are likely to be dictated by the structure's primary function - providing shelter and light to the building's occupants. In many residential designs, bedrooms, kitchens, bathrooms, living rooms, dining rooms, deck/patios, windows, doors, stairs or gables, are no more than standard architectural features. Seen from the village street it presents itself as a simple gable end surmounted by a chimney. There were loft conversions, several in 'pentices' (passages) between two houses with an entry below, and the addition of dormer windows in roofs and gables. The self-supporting lamella and lightweight weather-boarded gables demonstrate the structural principle more effectively than drawings or photographs. The gable of the service wing dominates, marking the main gateway, the threshold to the privacy of the home. The roof is a doublepitch in slate, with a chimney in each gable. To the south, above the blank wall of the study and bedchamber, is a gable with a vertical window and tall, narrow chimney. The roof is low and either hipped, gable, or flat. These fed into horizontal wooden ducts within the roof construction, typically the top triangle of the gable. Very quickly, however, it turned into a uniform style with the double column, the gable, and the circular window as its trademarks. A concrete dam holds back the slate shale, and a curious image of a house is offered by the twisted timber-panel gable walls that her carpenter brother will build. East and west are contained by walls, while the visible gable of the main house to left gives little away. Nagas, or water spirits, also had to be found to decorate the roof gables. What is dangerous, and what caused the loss of four lives in my constituency, is when chimneys fall and gable-ends collapse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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