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单词 pergola
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Definition of pergola in English:

pergola

noun ˈpəːɡələˈpərɡələ
  • An arched structure in a garden or park consisting of a framework covered with climbing or trailing plants.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The centrepiece of the exhibition features stone columns covered by a pergola and festooned in wisteria.
    • There will be a dramatic expansion of the premises as new log cabins and sheds, summer houses and pergolas spring up in the grounds as demonstration products.
    • Train a fragrant climbing rose over a pergola at the garden gate.
    • The family-owned firm has been trading in the village since 1858, and makes and supplies a wide range of timber products, from gates, fences and sheds, to garden structures such as pergolas.
    • It is normally best to plant a pergola with a mix of both evergreen and deciduous climbing plants.
    • There were sunken gardens and ornamental ponds, rose pergolas and formal hedges.
    • Both spaces have seats and tables, but the inner one also has a network of hanging cables to support climbing plants, a pergola at enormous scale.
    • They built a small garden shed beyond the vegetable garden and a low stone wall between the shed and the pergola.
    • The company produced essentials for the Edwardian garden: wooden gates, bridges, pergolas, ‘pigeon cotes’ and a variety of seats.
    • A mature specimen will spread four metres or more and like other large flowered hybrids is ideal for summer flowers on walls, fences and pergolas, or for growing through a climbing rose or an earlier flowering tree like laburnum.
    • Gardeners apply the word to structures, mostly, that vary from soaring pavilions to traditional wisteria-draped pergolas to arched gates.
    • Arbors, trellis and pergolas can be incorporated with fence systems creating your own personal touch and look.
    • Canes, too, may be wrapped or braided in ascending spirals on strong posts that either stand alone or support arches or pergolas.
    • Raise new plants from seeds or cuttings, and by layering, and provide support with trellises, pergolas and other structures.
    • Let it climb a tree in a wild garden or cover a pergola or hide a chain-link fence.
    • City building codes prescribe limits on planters and structures, such as decking, trellis and pergolas.
    • Grapes hang from a pergola, apples are espaliered and ripe berries tempt the visitor.
    • In the extensive grounds are terraced lawns, stonework with feature arches, rose-covered pergolas, a kitchen garden, woodland walks, a stone-built pavilion, greenhouses and even a tennis court.
    • You can plant your vine to climb a trellis, arbor, pergola, or fence.
    • The most popular garden structures, not counting the ubiquitous shed, include trellises, arbours and pergolas.
    Synonyms
    arbour, shady place, leafy shelter, alcove, recess, grotto, sanctuary

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Italian, from Latin pergula 'projecting roof', from pergere 'come or go forward'.

  • This is an English use of an Italian word which came from Latin pergula ‘projecting roof, vine arbour’, from pergere ‘to come or go forward’.

 
 

Definition of pergola in US English:

pergola

nounˈpərɡələˈpərɡələ
  • An archway in a garden or park consisting of a framework covered with trained climbing or trailing plants.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There were sunken gardens and ornamental ponds, rose pergolas and formal hedges.
    • They built a small garden shed beyond the vegetable garden and a low stone wall between the shed and the pergola.
    • Train a fragrant climbing rose over a pergola at the garden gate.
    • Both spaces have seats and tables, but the inner one also has a network of hanging cables to support climbing plants, a pergola at enormous scale.
    • Grapes hang from a pergola, apples are espaliered and ripe berries tempt the visitor.
    • Let it climb a tree in a wild garden or cover a pergola or hide a chain-link fence.
    • The most popular garden structures, not counting the ubiquitous shed, include trellises, arbours and pergolas.
    • It is normally best to plant a pergola with a mix of both evergreen and deciduous climbing plants.
    • The company produced essentials for the Edwardian garden: wooden gates, bridges, pergolas, ‘pigeon cotes’ and a variety of seats.
    • You can plant your vine to climb a trellis, arbor, pergola, or fence.
    • In the extensive grounds are terraced lawns, stonework with feature arches, rose-covered pergolas, a kitchen garden, woodland walks, a stone-built pavilion, greenhouses and even a tennis court.
    • The family-owned firm has been trading in the village since 1858, and makes and supplies a wide range of timber products, from gates, fences and sheds, to garden structures such as pergolas.
    • Raise new plants from seeds or cuttings, and by layering, and provide support with trellises, pergolas and other structures.
    • A mature specimen will spread four metres or more and like other large flowered hybrids is ideal for summer flowers on walls, fences and pergolas, or for growing through a climbing rose or an earlier flowering tree like laburnum.
    • Arbors, trellis and pergolas can be incorporated with fence systems creating your own personal touch and look.
    • City building codes prescribe limits on planters and structures, such as decking, trellis and pergolas.
    • The centrepiece of the exhibition features stone columns covered by a pergola and festooned in wisteria.
    • Gardeners apply the word to structures, mostly, that vary from soaring pavilions to traditional wisteria-draped pergolas to arched gates.
    • Canes, too, may be wrapped or braided in ascending spirals on strong posts that either stand alone or support arches or pergolas.
    • There will be a dramatic expansion of the premises as new log cabins and sheds, summer houses and pergolas spring up in the grounds as demonstration products.
    Synonyms
    arbour, shady place, leafy shelter, alcove, recess, grotto, sanctuary

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Italian, from Latin pergula ‘projecting roof’, from pergere ‘come or go forward’.

 
 
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