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单词 piazzetta
释义

piazzettan.

Brit. /ˌpiːatˈsɛtə/, U.S. /ˌpiɑtˈsɛdə/, /ˌpiætˈsɛdə/
Inflections: Plural piazzettas, piazzette.
Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian piazzetta.
Etymology: < Italian piazzetta (a1380) < piazza piazza n. + -etta (see -et suffix1).In plural form piazzette after the Italian plural form.
A small piazza in an Italian town.Used chiefly of the Piazzetta di San Marco in Venice.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > open space > public square
placeOE
streetOE
foruma1464
pomery1533
piazza1583
agora1591
pomerium1598
plazaa1661
squarea1684
piazzetta1730
town square1769
place1793
Pnyx1820
zocalo1884
plaza1948
1730 E. Wright Some Observ. France, Italy, &c. I. 49 The Piazza makes a return at a Right Angle, towards the Sea... This return of the Piazza is called the Piazzetta, or little Place.
1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) v. iv. 165 (stage direct.) The Piazza and Piazzetta of Saint Mark's.
1860 ‘G. Eliot’ in Jrnls. (1998) xi. 362 Even landing on the piazzetta one has a sense..of being in an entirely novel scene.
1906 Edinb. Rev. July 194 To cross its bridges and its piazzette and to pass under its gateways.
1977 P. D. James Death of Expert Witness I. vi. 28 To see..that incomparable view of San Marco from the western end of the Piazza... To stand together on the Piazzetta..and look across the shimmering water.
1992 Gourmet Sept. 145/2 To one side was the town center, where we would eventually find fountains of potable springwater and Largo Taragio, a pretty piazzetta of umbrellaed café tables.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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