alcove
英 [ˈælkəʊv]
美 [ˈælkoʊv]
n. 壁凹，凹室，壁龛(房内墙壁凹进空间)
复数：alcoves
Collins.1 / BNC.16393 / COCA.13738
牛津词典
noun
- 壁凹，凹室，壁龛（房内墙壁凹进空间）
an area in a room that is formed by part of a wall being built farther back than the rest of the wall- The bookcase fits neatly into the alcove.
书架正好放得进壁凹。
- The bookcase fits neatly into the alcove.
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 凹室；壁龛
Analcoveis a small area of a room which is formed by one part of a wall being built further back than the rest of the wall.- In the alcoves on either side of the fire were bookshelves.
火炉两边的凹室里是书架。
- In the alcoves on either side of the fire were bookshelves.
英英释义
noun
- a small recess opening off a larger room
双语例句
- But today, for Lunch with the FT, Summers 'aides have persuaded him to walk down the stairs to the Ward Room, a windowless alcove near the White House mess.
但今天，为与英国《金融时报》（FT）共进午餐，萨默斯的助手说服他来到楼下的用餐室&白宫厨房附近一间没有窗户的小屋。 - Dear children, I have called you here to my alcove to extend upon you glad tidings of joy.
亲爱的孩子们，我召叫你们来到我这岩洞前，是要给你们一个喜乐的讯息。 - I led him to an alcove next to the bar, where he lay on the cold cement and closed his eyes.
我带它到酒吧旁一处凹进去的地方。它躺在冰凉的水泥地上，闭上了眼。 - Then he went to the table in the alcove, sat down, and took the diary out of the drawer.
然后到壁龛前的桌边坐下来，从抽屉里拿出日记。 - By sitting in the alcove, and keeping well back, Winston was able to remain outside the range of the telescreen, so far as sight went.
只消坐在壁龛里，努力躲得远一点，他便能呆在电幕的范围外，不叫电幕看见。 - I have shown it around and have never told people what is in the upstairs alcove, they have always found it themselves.
我已经表明它周围，还从来没告诉人们什么是在楼上的壁龛，他们一直认为自己。 - He had only time to creep into an alcove to avoid them.
他急忙躲到一个小间里来避开他们。 - The bookcase fits neatly into the alcove.
书架正好放得进壁凹。 - In the alcoves on either side of the fire were bookshelves.
火炉两边的凹室里是书架。 - "I'll sit in that alcove yonder if you'll bring me some refreshments and then we can have a nice chat," she told Frank as the other three men moved off.
“我想到那边壁龛里坐坐，请你给拿点吃的过来，我们可以在那里好好聊聊。”等那三个人一走开她便对弗兰克这样说。