释义
[ vuh -ran -duh ] SHOW IPA
/ vəˈræn də / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun Also ve·ran·dah. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a large, open porch, usually roofed and partly enclosed, as by a railing, often extending across the front and sides of a house; gallery.
piazza.
Origin of veranda 1705–15; <Hindi
baraṇḍā, barāmdā <Persian
bar āmadaḥ coming out (unless the Hindi word is <Portuguese
varanda, Spanish
baranda railing, balustrade; cf. bar
1 )
Words nearby veranda ver., vera, veracious, veracity, Veracruz, veranda , verandaed, verapamil, veratridine, veratrine, verb
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Example sentences from the Web for veranda The veranda , roofless and open to the bitter blue sky where the seasonal gu rains sputter, serves as a makeshift neonatal ward.
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“God Bless You,” read a hand painted banner hung from a veranda on handsome Flamengo beach.
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The kind of suit that suggests sipping mint juleps on the veranda or Campari in a Roman piazza.
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She then quietly makes her way back to the veranda and lights another cigarette as if the last five minutes never even happened.
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Arriving on the veranda , Grace made a hasty entrance through the open hall door.
Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer | Jessie Graham Flower
Helen rose, and, pushing open the blind door, stepped out on the veranda .
A Colony of Girls | Kate Livingston Willard
She clapped her hands sharply, and Rideau let his arm drop to his side when a patter of bare feet drew nearer along the veranda .
The League of the Leopard | Harold Bindloss
I had driven up to the house from the back way and now I was opposite a side door opening on the veranda .
Chronicles of Avonlea | Lucy Maud Montgomery
Then all turned and trooped across the roof of the fortress, across the veranda , and disappeared within the door of the bungalow.
On the Road to Bagdad | F. S. Brereton
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British Dictionary definitions for veranda noun a porch or portico, sometimes partly enclosed, along the outside of a building
NZ a canopy sheltering pedestrians in a shopping street
Derived forms of veranda verandaed or verandahed , adjective Word Origin for veranda C18: from Portuguese varanda railing; related to Hindi varandā railing
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Words related to veranda balcony, lanai, patio, piazza, platform, portico, stoop, terrace