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dovecote

/duhv-koht/US // ˈdʌvˌkoʊt //UK // (ˈdʌvˌkəʊt) //

鸽子窝,鸽子房,鸽子笼,鸽子屋

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a structure, usually at a height above the ground, for housing domestic pigeons.

Examples

  • To eastward and to westward have spread the Tuscan bands; Nor house, nor fence, nor dovecote in Crustumerium stands.

  • We jostled the loungers in a low-caste drinking shop and pushed on to a dark stair that rose like the ladder of a dovecote.

  • The dovecote is in the background, in the foreground the pretty French maid feeding the pretty pigeons.

  • They went into a deserted dovecote, where they found nothing but a basin full of water and a basket full of vetch.

  • Not ever the butcher or the baker or the candlestick-maker forced an entrance to that innocent dovecote.