单词 | courtyard |
释义 | courtyardn. An open area surrounded by walls or buildings within the precincts of a large house, castle, homestead, etc. ΘΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > courtyard > [noun] court1377 closec1440 quadrant1443 pryelle1480 base court1490 palace1506 quadranglec1543 courtyard1552 palace courta1679 quad1786 under-ward1826 tetrastoön1838 courtlet1844 riad1881 lapa1886 patio1931 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Courte yarde, platea. 1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis i. ix. 22 One of the Maids passing thorow the Court-yard, returnes with report of Poliarchvs death. 1779 F. Burney Let. 12 Oct. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 364 2 immense Gates & 2 Court Yards precede the Entrance into the Dwelling part of the House. 1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 56 Within the high walls and in the narrow court-yard of a prison. 1869 A. Trollope He knew he was Right I. vii. 50 Windows looking out behind into a gloomy courtyard. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1552 |
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