alcove
英 ['ælkəʊv]
美 ['ælkov]
- n. 凹室；壁龕
- n. (Alcove)人名；(法)阿爾科夫
助記提示
alcove凹口屋.屋子裏的凹口 n. 凹室(凹進處,與一個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，凹進去的坑做成的屋子
3. 諧音“愛摳窩、愛摳屋”。
中文詞源
alcove 壁凹來自阿拉伯語al-qobbah. al, 阿拉伯定冠詞。qobbah，拱頂，拚寫受cave影響而俗化。
英文詞源
- 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."
雙語例句
- 1. The bookcase fits neatly into the alcove.
- 書架正好放得進壁凹。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. The alcove held a couch.
- 這凹進去的地方有一張長沙發.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Set into an alcove under the side deck is a tiny wash basin.
- 舷邊甲板下麵的一個凹處放了一個小小的洗臉盆。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The bed fits neatly into the alcove.
- 床正好放進壁凹裏.
來自辭典例句
- 5. A young lady, a guest of the house, playing a piano in an alcove pleased him.
- 一位年輕太太, 這家飯店的一個客人, 正在一間凹室裏彈鋼琴,使他感到很愉快.
來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹