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单词 orangery
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Definition of orangery in English:

orangery

nounPlural orangeries ˈɒrɪn(d)ʒ(ə)riˈɔrəndʒri
  • A building like a large conservatory where orange trees are grown.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Among its attractions are its trees along with a large collection of wisteria, grown inside the orangery.
    • Arthur Myers, who has worked on the estate near Sproatley for more than 40 years - and at the age of 83 still looks after the orangery - was at the opening with wife Jasmine.
    • In traditional European orangeries, the classic container is 24 inches square and deep, and painted white.
    • All this, together with the stone walls, recalls a Victorian conservatory or orangery rather than a conventional museum, and is only possible because most sculpture, unlike paintings, is not vulnerable to light.
    • The owners have restored the property, adding an orangery at the back and a Johnny Grey-designed kitchen and laundry, as well as planting 5,000 trees.
    • The conservatory is framed by two anchor points, the entrance at the east end and the orangery to the west.
    • Sir James and Lady Graham have recently restored the orangery and at present the attractions include beds of peonies.
    • My own veranda in Cockermouth is a larger example, as is the more ostentatious orangery at Brockhole.
    • The Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, one of London's great wonders, had its origins in the seventeenth century, when a private family estate development included a noted orangery.
    • The one exception to that is the orangery, which is where the restaurant is found.
    • There were once melon houses, fig houses, banana houses, orangeries and just about every exotic fruit was once grown here.
    • They can also walk through the huge orangery built by the Adam brothers which has now been converted into a gallery to display the fine Lansdowne collection of paintings and sculpture.
    • Conservation - minded neighbours have objected to his plans to attach an orangery to his house to make him feel more at home in this bleak heath.
    • It was originally constructed as an orangery for Augustus the Strong who was an avid art collector.
    • A new swimming pool was added and an orangery restored to its former glory.
    • The plans also include a new orangery and three town houses.
    • A colonnade, on the north, is formed of six Ionic columns, and on the east is an entrance through an orangery.
    • Prague Castle has had an orangery since the middle of the fifteenth century.
    • One of the long-running projects has been the orangery.
    • The site featured an orangery, a pagoda, and an archway designed by the architect Sir William Chambers.
 
 

Definition of orangery in US English:

orangery

nounˈôrənjrēˈɔrəndʒri
  • A greenhouse where orange trees are grown.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There were once melon houses, fig houses, banana houses, orangeries and just about every exotic fruit was once grown here.
    • The one exception to that is the orangery, which is where the restaurant is found.
    • It was originally constructed as an orangery for Augustus the Strong who was an avid art collector.
    • Sir James and Lady Graham have recently restored the orangery and at present the attractions include beds of peonies.
    • The Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, one of London's great wonders, had its origins in the seventeenth century, when a private family estate development included a noted orangery.
    • The owners have restored the property, adding an orangery at the back and a Johnny Grey-designed kitchen and laundry, as well as planting 5,000 trees.
    • A colonnade, on the north, is formed of six Ionic columns, and on the east is an entrance through an orangery.
    • The plans also include a new orangery and three town houses.
    • The site featured an orangery, a pagoda, and an archway designed by the architect Sir William Chambers.
    • Conservation - minded neighbours have objected to his plans to attach an orangery to his house to make him feel more at home in this bleak heath.
    • They can also walk through the huge orangery built by the Adam brothers which has now been converted into a gallery to display the fine Lansdowne collection of paintings and sculpture.
    • A new swimming pool was added and an orangery restored to its former glory.
    • All this, together with the stone walls, recalls a Victorian conservatory or orangery rather than a conventional museum, and is only possible because most sculpture, unlike paintings, is not vulnerable to light.
    • One of the long-running projects has been the orangery.
    • My own veranda in Cockermouth is a larger example, as is the more ostentatious orangery at Brockhole.
    • Arthur Myers, who has worked on the estate near Sproatley for more than 40 years - and at the age of 83 still looks after the orangery - was at the opening with wife Jasmine.
    • Prague Castle has had an orangery since the middle of the fifteenth century.
    • In traditional European orangeries, the classic container is 24 inches square and deep, and painted white.
    • Among its attractions are its trees along with a large collection of wisteria, grown inside the orangery.
    • The conservatory is framed by two anchor points, the entrance at the east end and the orangery to the west.
 
 
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