| 单词 | aisle |
| 释义 | aisle (once / 565 pages) n An aisle is a passageway, often between seating areas or shelves. Brides walk down aisles in between church pews, while you might head to the cookie aisle in the supermarket. An aisle is essentially a passageway between something. You have to walk down an aisle to reach your seat at a theater or concert hall, to get to your seat on a crowded airplane, or to reach the produce at your local supermarket. The ai in aisle is pronounced like a long i, so the word sounds like isle rather than ail. WORD FAMILYaisle: aisles USAGE EXAMPLESIn preparation for the session next month, Pinto reached across the aisle to Rep. Ron Kresha, who will serve as co-host. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The bottle’s purple label with floral images was designed to attract female shoppers’ attention in a wine aisle dominated by dull colors. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Its former customers now roam the aisles of Walmart and Target, or fill their carts virtually. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) 1n a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods) Hyper passage a way through or along which someone or something may pass 2n passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores Syn|Hyper gangway passageway a passage between rooms or between buildings 3n part of a church divided laterally from the nave proper by rows of pillars or columns Hyper area a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function |
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