单词 | gazebo |
释义 | gazebon. 1. A turret or lantern on the roof of a house, usually for the purpose of commanding an extensive prospect; also, a similar erection in a garden or pleasure ground; a belvedere or look-out. ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > place where view obtained > [noun] > belvedere belvedere1549 gazebo1752 1752 W. Halfpenny & J. Halfpenny New Designs Chinese Bridges iv. 2 The Elevation of a Chinese Tower or Gazebo. 1790 W. Wrighte Grotesque Archit. 7 The whole is lighted from the gazebo on the top. 1828 Q. Rev. 37 316 Kent and his followers had temples, obelisks, and gazabos of every description in the park. 1858 W. White Month in Yorks. 288 I was first led to the gazebo on the roof that I might enjoy the prospect of the town and neighborhood. 2. A projecting window or balcony. ΘΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > porches, balconies, etc. > [noun] > balcony gallery1509 balcony1618 balcon1635 pergolaa1641 gazebo1843 mashrabiyya1850 basket-balcony1866 balconette1876 sun deck1876 1843 I. F. Romer Rhone II. 354 The houses [at Valetta, Malta] are invariably built of stone, and provided with large projecting balconies or gazeebos covered and glazed, which open and close at pleasure. a1871 A. B. Granville Autobiogr. I. 223 Dwelling-houses..present lofty walls without windows towards the street except here and there a single latticed gazebo. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1752 |
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