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orangery

/awr-inj-ree, or-/US // ˈɔr ɪndʒ ri, ˈɒr- //UK // (ˈɒrɪndʒərɪ, -dʒrɪ) //

橘子园,橘子房,橘园,橘子屋

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural or·ange·ries.

    • : a warm place, as a greenhouse, in which orange trees are cultivated in cool climates.

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Examples

  • The garden must wait for new plants, and we for conservatory and orangery, till more important matters are settled.

  • Yes, you really ought to see the orangery and the Elizabethan garden, Mr. Blair.

  • She sends her kindest regards, and has sent you some preserves, also some peaches out of the orangery, and mushrooms.

  • When he looked over at the trees in the orangery, an evil smile again crossed his face.

  • Suddenly he became aware of a light form flitting through the dark-green foliage and gold-globed greenery of the orangery.