单词 | arcade |
释义 | arcaden.ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [noun] arch1387 pend1454 pending1491 arcade1762 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > niche > opening > arched arcade1762 c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 231 In the Arcado [of the Palazzo de Medici]..stand 24 statues of infinite price.] 1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting I. v. 109 The application of loggias, arcades, terrasses and flights of steps, at different stages of a building. 1782 T. Warton Specimen Hist. Oxfordshire (1783) 6 On the opposite side is a small arcade or receptacle for holy water. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 580 Arcade, an aperture in a wall with an arched head; also, a range of apertures with arched heads. [See 3.] 2. ‘A continued arch’ (Johnson); a passage arched over; a walk formed by a succession of arches having a common axis, and supported on columns or shafts. Also applied to an avenue similarly arched over by trees or shrubs; and extended to any covered avenue, esp. one with rows of shops or stalls on one or both sides. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shopping centre, precinct, etc. parade1697 arcade1731 galleria1861 shopping centre1861 shopping precinct1947 shopping mall1950 mall1959 retail park1973 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > ambulatory > portico or arcade alurec1325 alley1363 gallerya1500 aluring1501 cloisterc1540 pawn1548 stoa1603 portico1607 row1610 porticus1617 corridor1620 piazza1642 xystus1664 arcade1731 veranda1873 1731 A. Pope Epist. to Earl of Burlington 13 Shall call the Winds thro' long Arcades to roar. 1815 W. Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone iv. 67 And shades Of trellis-work in long arcades. 1829 T. Allen Antiq. Lond. IV. 302 A passage, with a range of shops on each side, called Burlington Arcade, which..is one of the most fashionable promenades. 1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. ii. 43 Pictured landscapes at the extremities of alleys and arcades. 1861 W. M. Thackeray Four Georges iii. 132 A garden, with trim lawns, green arcades, and vistas of classic statues. 3. Architecture. A series of arches on the same plane: ‘a series of arches, either open or closed with masonry, supported by columns or piers.’ Parker Gloss. Arch. ‘In mediæval architecture, an ornamental dressing to a wall, consisting of colonnettes supporting moulded arches.’ Gwilt. (= French arcature.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [noun] > structure consisting of arches arching1603 arch-work1610 oversiling1632 arcade1795 arcading1849 wall-arcade1860 wall-arcading1863 pier arcadea1878 1795–1807 J. Carter Anc. Archit. Eng. I. 20 Arcade on the third story of the keep of Rochester castle..In the third story the wall is cut through by four magnificent arches. 1823 [see sense 1]. 1830 ‘R. Stuart’ Dict. Archit. I Arcade, a series of apertures or recesses with arched ceilings or soffets. The use of this word is very vague and indefinite. 1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. v. 147 In the uppermost arcade..the arches, the same in number as those below, are narrower than any of the façade. 1849 J. H. Parker Introd. Study Gothic Archit. ii. 66 The small arcades..are frequently used as decorations of the walls. Compounds arcade game n. a (mechanical or electronic) game of a type originally popularized in amusement arcades. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > other specific games > [noun] > others sitisota1400 papsea1450 half-bowl1477 pluck at the crow1523 white and black1555 running game1581 blow-pointa1586 hot cocklesa1586 one penny1585 cockelty bread1595 pouch1600 venter-point1600 hinch-pinch1603 hardhead1606 poor and rich1621 rowland-hoe1622 hubbub1634 handicap?a1653 owl1653 ostomachy1656 prelledsa1660 quarter-spellsa1660 yert-point1659 bob-her1702 score1710 parson has lost his cloak1712 drop (also throw) (the) handkerchief1754 French Fox1759 goal1765 warpling o' the green1768 start1788 kiss-in-the-ring1801 steal-clothes1809 steal-coat1816 petits paquets1821 bocce1828 graces1831 Jack-in-the-box1836 hot hand1849 sparrow-mumbling1852 Aunt Sally1858 gossip1880 Tambaroora1882 spoof1884 fishpond1892 nim1901 diabolo1906 Kim's game1908 beaver1910 treasure-hunt1913 roll-down1915 rock scissors paper1927 scissors cut paper1927 scissors game1927 the dozens1928 toad in the hole1930 game1932 scissors paper stone1932 Roshambo1936 Marco Polo1938 scavenger hunt1940 skish1940 rock paper scissors1947 to play chicken1949 sounding1962 joning1970 arcade game1978 1977 Washington Post 10 June (District Weekly) 10/1 Since Gunchers is located on Georgetown's night life strip, we weren't sure that the atmosphere would be suitable for children, but its pin ball machines and penny arcade games presented party possibilities.] 1978 Washington Post 21 July (Weekend Suppl.) 7/3 Another ten cents will animate any number of 50-year-old arcade games of shooting, hitting or shaking. 1983 Listener 20 Oct. 37/4 Laser Vision's interactive feature has been snapped up by the cut-throat arcade games industry in the USA. 1984 Personal Software Winter 44/1 The adventures of Pat the Postman is a twenty screen arcade game for the 48K ZX Spectrum. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). arcadev. To furnish with, or form into, an arcade. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [verb (transitive)] > provide with arcade arcade1861 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [verb (transitive)] > furnish with or form into arcade arcade1861 1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedral of 19th Cent. vi. 221 That expanse [of wall] may be arcaded, and if the arcading-shafts are of coloured materials, so much the better. Derivatives arcaded adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [adjective] > having arcade arcaded1805 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [adjective] > ambulatory > having portico or arcade alured1394 encloistered1625 porticoed1665 piazzaed1694 arcaded1805 arcadian1870 cloistered- 1805 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 3 61 A long arcaded court. 1860 All Year Round 10 Mar. 457 In Stamboul, as in London, a bazaar means an arcaded covered walk. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1731v.1805 |
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