balcony

英 ['b?lk?n?] 美['b?lk?ni]

CET4TEM4IELTS考研CET6中低頻詞常用詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?balconies;

balcony 陽(yáng)臺(tái)

balc, 樹(shù)干, 詞源同bole, balk. 原指用樹(shù)干搭建的簡(jiǎn)易陽(yáng)臺(tái)。

balcony: balcony: [17] Balcony entered English from Italian balcone, but it seems to be ultimately of Germanic origin. It was probably borrowed into Old Italian, with the meaning ‘scaffold’. from Germanic *balkon ‘beam’, source of English balk – perhaps from the notion of a platform or scaffold being built from beams of timber, although the connection is not altogether clear.
=> balk
balcony (n.): 1610s, from Italian balcone, from balco "scaffold," from a Germanic source (perhaps Langobardic *balko- "beam," cognate with Old English balca "beam, ridge;" see balk (n.)) + Italian augmentative suffix -one. Till c. 1825, regularly accented on the second syllable.

1. Chris unhooked the shutters and went out on the balcony.: 克里斯拉開(kāi)百葉窗，走到了陽(yáng)臺(tái)上。

2. There were glass doors leading on to this balcony.: 有玻璃門通到這個(gè)陽(yáng)臺(tái)。

3. She led us to a room with a balcony overlooking the harbour.: 她把我們領(lǐng)進(jìn)了一個(gè)帶陽(yáng)臺(tái)的房間，從那里可以俯瞰海港。

4. Vivid red and pink geraniums cascade over my balcony.: 鮮艷的紅色和粉色的天竺葵從我家的陽(yáng)臺(tái)上直掛下去。