alcove

英 [ˈælkəʊv]

美 [ˈælkoʊv]

n. 壁凹，凹室，壁龛(房内墙壁凹进空间)

复数：alcoves　

GRE

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
1. The bookcase fits neatly into the alcove.
  书架正好放得进壁凹。

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.
1. In the alcoves on either side of the fire were bookshelves.
  火炉两边的凹室里是书架。

英英释义

noun

a small recess opening off a larger room
Synonym:bay

双语例句

But she stood near enough to the alcove that Jun could hear what she said next.
但是她在充足的附近站立到六月可以听到她然后说的凹室。
The frosted-glass partition in the alcove slid back and a pair of eyes scrutinized me carefully.
接待室的毛玻璃挡板拉开了，有一双眼睛仔细地审视着我。
To one side of it there was a shallow alcove in which Winston was now sitting, and which, when the flats were built, had probably been intended to hold bookshelves.
在电幕的一侧，有个浅浅的壁龛，建公寓那会儿大约打算放书架，温斯顿现在就坐在这里边。
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。
"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。
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。
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。
When the alcove was in use, a large serge curtain drawn from wall to wall concealed the altar.
壁厢里有人住时，他总把一方大哗叽帷布拉开，遮住神座。
Set into an alcove under the side deck is a tiny wash basin.
舷边甲板下面的一个凹处放了一个小小的洗脸盆。
It not only have the Attic of Parisian type with the spacious hall, and open-air wait-and-see alcove, but also have bougie light, country music with Western-style food.
它不仅有宽敞的大厅，巴黎式的楼阁，以及露天观景台。还有柔美的灯光，乡村音乐和西餐小吃。