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brise-soleil

/breez-soh-ley/US // ˈbriz soʊˈleɪ //UK // (ˌbriːzsəʊˈleɪ) //

桥头堡,布里斯托尔

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a screen, usually louvered, placed on the outside of a building to shield the windows from direct sunlight.

Examples

  • Twenty-eight years ago, Veronique Vial was asked to photograph Cirque du Soleil.

  • When Vial got that first assignment, she was just beginning her photography career, and Cirque du Soleil was only a few years old.

  • The pride and admiration Vial has for the artists who put on Cirque du Soleil is evident.

  • Cirque du Soleil obviously sprang to startling success with a variety of shows since its 1987 founding.

  • The Hamptons was once described on Gossip Girl as “Park Avenue but with tennis whites and Bain de Soleil.”

  • Then he started, and suffered five suffocating minutes in the public sitting-room of the Beau Soleil.

  • This is the commentary written by Kaulbach himself; and Thophile Gautier called the suite un carnaval au soleil.

  • The Roi Soleil beamed, the courtiers smiled, the crowd laughed.

  • “Le Dieu gaulois du Soleil et le symbolisme de la roue,” Paris, 1886.

  • The illustrious Gaudissart returned to the Soleil d'Or, where he naturally conversed with the landlord while waiting for dinner.