| 单词 | gondola |
| 释义 | gondola /gon"dl euh/ or, esp. for 1, /gon doh"leuh/, n. 1. a long, narrow, flat-bottomed boat having a tall, ornamental stem and stern and sometimes a small cabin for passengers, rowed or poled by a single person who stands at the stern, facing forward: used esp. on the canals of Venice, Italy. 2. a passenger compartment suspended beneath a balloon or airship. Cf. car1 (def. 4). 3. an enclosed cabin suspended from an overhead cable, used to transport passengers up and down a ski slope or over scenic or treacherous terrain. 4. Also called gondola car. an open railroad freight car with low sides, for transporting bulk freight and manufactured goods. 5. a truck whose bed or trailer is a hopper, as for transporting mixed cement. 6. a freestanding structure for displaying merchandise in a retail establishment, as a supermarket. 7. a chair or couch having a gondola back. [1540-50; < It < Venetian, prob. < MGk kontoúra small boat used in coastal navigation, n. use of fem. of kóntouros short, clipped, lit., dock-tailed, equiv. to LGk kont(ós), kond(ós) short + Gk -ouros -tailed, adj. deriv. of ourá tail] |
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