英语词汇“pavilion”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pa·vil·ion

(pə-vĭlyən)

1. An ornate tent.

a. A light, sometimes ornamental roofed structure, used for amusement or shelter, as at parks or fairs: a picnic pavilion.

b. A usually temporary structure erected at a fair or show for use by an exhibitor: the French pavilion at the World's Fair.

c. A large structure housing sports or entertainment facilities; an arena.

3. A structure or another building connected to a larger building; an annex.

4. One of a group of related buildings forming a complex, as of a hospital.

5. The lower surface of a brilliant-cut gem, slanting outward from the culet to the girdle.

tr.v.pa·vil·ioned, pa·vil·ion·ing, pa·vil·ions

1. To cover or furnish with or as if with a pavilion.

2. To put in or as if in a pavilion.

[Middle English pavilon, from Old French pavillon, from Late Latin pāpiliō, pāpiliōn-, butterfly, tent (a tent being so called because the flaps at the entrance of a tent when drawn apart resemble the outspread wings of a butterfly), from Latin, butterfly; see pāl- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

pavilion

brilliant-cut gemstone

单词	pavilion
释义	pa·vil·ion (pə-vĭlyən) n. 1. An ornate tent. 2. a. A light, sometimes ornamental roofed structure, used for amusement or shelter, as at parks or fairs: a picnic pavilion. b. A usually temporary structure erected at a fair or show for use by an exhibitor: the French pavilion at the World's Fair. c. A large structure housing sports or entertainment facilities; an arena. 3. A structure or another building connected to a larger building; an annex. 4. One of a group of related buildings forming a complex, as of a hospital. 5. The lower surface of a brilliant-cut gem, slanting outward from the culet to the girdle. tr.v.pa·vil·ioned, pa·vil·ion·ing, pa·vil·ions 1. To cover or furnish with or as if with a pavilion. 2. To put in or as if in a pavilion. [Middle English pavilon, from Old French pavillon, from Late Latin pāpiliō, pāpiliōn-, butterfly, tent (a tent being so called because the flaps at the entrance of a tent when drawn apart resemble the outspread wings of a butterfly), from Latin, butterfly; see pāl- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] pavilion brilliant-cut gemstone
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