bowery

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Structure with roof for shade but with no walls used for public gatherings. A pavilion.
    — The group performed in the old bowery, an open-air building with a roof of branches laid over vertical poles, the forerunner of the first tabernacle.
  2. In the early settlements of New York State, USA, a farm or estate. archaic
    — His estate, or bowery, as it was called, has ever continued in the possession of his descendants.
形容词 adj.
  1. Sheltered by trees; leafy; shady.
    — Such a man had no chance whatever in this flowery and bowery little suburb.

词形变化

boweries plural bowerier comparative more bowery comparative boweriest superlative most bowery superlative boweries plural bouwerie alternative bouwery alternative

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English bower
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English bowery
From bower + -y.
词源 2
From bower + -y, calque of Dutch bouwerij.
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