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verandah

/vuh-ran-duh/US // vəˈræn də //UK // (vəˈrændə) //

阳台,外廊,长廊,廊道

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also ve·ran·dah. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a large, open porch, usually roofed and partly enclosed, as by a railing, often extending across the front and sides of a house; gallery.
    • : piazza.

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Examples

  • Tom lingered a few minutes, watching them pass along the verandah to the room beyond.

  • Two new hypocausts were inserted and extra rooms and a long corridor or verandah built at the back.

  • I was walking one night in the verandah of a small house in which I lived, outside the hamlet of Saranac.

  • Presently he unlocked his clasped hands and stood up; and Charity, drawing back hastily, sank down on the step of the verandah.

  • Outside the town I found an open verandah, in which I took up my quarters for the night.