| 单词 | banquette |
| 释义 | banquette /bang ket"/; locally /bang"kit/ for 3, n. 1. a long bench with an upholstered seat, esp. one along a wall, as in a restaurant. 2. an embankment for buttressing the base of a levee and forming a berm. 3. Chiefly Coastal Louisiana and East Texas. a sidewalk, esp. a raised one of bricks or planks. 4. Fort. a platform or step along the inside of a parapet, for soldiers to stand on when firing. 5. a ledge running across the back of a buffet. 6. a bench for passengers on top of a stagecoach. [1620-30; < F < Pr banqueta, equiv. to banc bench (see BANK3) + -eta -ETTE] |
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