| 单词 | balcony |
| 释义 | balcony (once / 596 pages) n A balcony is a porch or platform that extends from an upper floor of a building. Your apartment might have a balcony with a view of a city park. Most balconies have railings around them to protect people from tumbling off, and many balconies provide an interesting view. You might linger on the balcony of your hotel room in Hawaii, enjoying the warm air and the distant glimpse of the ocean it gives you. Balcony comes from the Italian balcone, which in turn comes from balcone, or "scaffold." The root is most likely Germanic, possibly related to the Old English balca, "beam or ridge." WORD FAMILYbalcony: balconies USAGE EXAMPLESA wreath adorns the balcony outside the room, where he was felled by a bullet. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) His doves, Divinity and Majesty, flutter in an ornate white cage on the viewing balcony above. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) Playgrounds are vital in Los Angeles, a city where many families live without backyards or balconies. Los Angeles Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1n a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet Hypo|Hyper gallery narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade amphitheater, amphitheatrea sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater) choir lofta gallery in a church occupied by the choir organ lofta gallery occupied by a church organ construction, structure a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts 2n an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium Hypo|Hyper loge balcony consisting of the forward section of a theater mezzanine first balcony, mezzaninefirst or lowest balcony construction, structure a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts |
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