| 单词 | parquet |
| 释义 | parquet (once / 18761 pages) 1n 2n It must take a very long time to create a parquet floor. This type of woodwork includes many small, intricate pieces laid out in a geometrical pattern, almost like a mosaic. Parquet is a French word that rhymes with tray. In fact, this type of woodwork originated in France and seems to have first been used on the floors at the Palace of Versailles. It is decorative in nature and can be used for flooring and also for furniture, such as tabletops. Sometimes parquet is also used to describe the main seating area in a theater — closest to the orchestra, or stage. WORD FAMILYparquet: parquets USAGE EXAMPLESIn a monologue stuck on an increasingly frenetic loop, she hawks glazed herringbone parquet floors and white Caesarstone countertops over and over again. New York Times(Dec 02, 2016) The action takes place not just up there but also on a parquet runway that snakes through the orchestra seating, and even in the mezzanine. New York Times(Nov 14, 2016) “Like at the Boston Garden, they simply laid down the parquet over the ice,” he wrote. Washington Post(Sep 20, 2016) 1 n a floor made of parquetry 2Syn|Hyper parquet floor floor, flooring the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure) n seating on the main floor between the orchestra and the parquet circle Hyper seating, seating area, seating room, seats an area that includes places where several people can sit |
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