| 词汇 | alcove |
| 释义 | alcove noun[ C ] uk /ˈæl.kəʊv/ us /ˈæl.koʊv/ a small space in a room, formed by one part of a wall being further back than the parts on each side: 凹室;壁龛 We've put some bookshelves in the alcove.我们在壁凹处装了几层书架。 Parts of buildings: walls & parts of walls balcony baseboard cavity wall chimney breast clapboard damp course damp-proof damp-proofing drystone wall Juliet balcony party wall pebbledash plasterboard recess sconce siding wainscoting wallboard walled woodwork alcove | American Dictionaryalcove noun[ C ] us/ˈæl·koʊv/(alsorecess) a small space in a room, formed by one part of a wall being farther back than the parts on each side Examples of alcovealcove At the point of maximum compression, the fireplace alcove is a receptacle of light and heat. In the evening, if there are no guests and it is too cool to eat in the 'conservatory', meals are eaten in the kitchen alcove with the sliding doors closed. Sight resonates with the dew left on the single flower in the alcove. Other residents sat in the busy reception area or the alcoves of the corridor that ran along the side of the dining room where it was relatively quiet. It appears that the prisoner escaped through a fire escape door from the alcove. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It stood in a little alcove on the stairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Additional shelves could be set at right angles, making alcoves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, even at that time the intention was to have separate alcoves for men and women. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If a nest of wood shelves is put in that alcove, do they become "built-in furniture" or are they part of the builder's equipment? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Or an alcove to be enclosed by a cupboard door, or hot air cupboards, built-in units, meter containers? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The room used by the seniors has an alcove curtained off to make a small space for the clerical assistant. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Usually, each gully has an alcove, channel, and apron. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Glacier-like forms in valleys and cirque-like alcoves may coalesce with others to produce lobate debris aprons. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. To its north is a large parlor with a small alcove in its rear wall. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The second was an unheated but warmer room, and this was followed by a hot room, and a steam room equipped with alcoves. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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