alcove: [17] Alcove is of Arabic origin. It reached English, via French alc?ve and Spanish alcoba (where it means ‘recessed area for a bed’), from Arabic al-qobbah ‘the arch, the vault’, hence ‘the vaulted room’, which was derived from the verb qubba ‘vault’.
alcove (n.)
1670s, "vaulted recess," from French alc?ve (17c.), from Spanish alcoba, from Arabic al-qobbah "the vaulted chamber," from Semitic base q-b-b "to be bent, crooked, vaulted."
雙語例句
1. The bookcase fits neatly into the alcove.
書架正好放得進壁凹。
來自《權威詞典》
2. The alcove held a couch.
這凹進去的地方有一張長沙發.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Set into an alcove under the side deck is a tiny wash basin.
舷邊甲板下面的一個凹處放了一個小小的洗臉盆。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The bed fits neatly into the alcove.
床正好放進壁凹里.
來自辭典例句
5. A young lady, a guest of the house, playing a piano in an alcove pleased him.