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

Arthur went into the alcove and knelt down before the crucifix, trying to compose his mind to the proper attitude for prayer and meditation.
亚瑟走进壁龛，在十字架前跪了下来。他试图静下心来，抱着祈祷和默念的正确态度。
"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。
The Bishop installed his guest in the alcove.
主教把他的客人安顿在壁厢里。
Is the alcove deep enough for bookshelves?
凹穴放书架够深吗？
In an upstairs alcove, a tiled fireplace with fitted seats is sunk into a wall, a homely architectural fitting, emanating kindness and love.
楼上有一个小凉亭，里面设有一个壁炉，尺寸相宜的席位镶嵌在墙里。整个凉亭散发着关爱和仁慈的气息，给人以家的感觉。
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。
Then he went to the table in the alcove, sat down, and took the diary out of the drawer.
然后到壁龛前的桌边坐下来，从抽屉里拿出日记。
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。
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。
"Madame magloire," said the bishop," you will put white sheets on the bed in the alcove."
“马格洛大娘，”主教说，“您在壁厢里的床上铺上一条白床单。”