gazebo

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ɡəˈziːbəʊ/    美 /ɡəˈziːboʊ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A belvedere, either a type of summer-house or a roofed, detached porch-like structure, usually in a yard, park or lawn.
    — Ann dye Ned inn a gaze ay beau a pun a past Eye maid off any Sun ("and dined in a gazebo upon a pasty made of venison")
  2. A dismountable shelter comprising a roof or awning supported by poles, and often having removable sides; a canopy tent
    — They started screwing aluminium rods together, like they were going to assemble a gazebo.
  3. a gaudy, incongruous, or flimsy structure or object Ireland,derogatory
    — 'I'll thank ye tell me what they mean by that old gazabo on the top of the market-place,' said she, in a burst of ridicule fit to have brought the old tower down.

词形变化

gazebos plural gazeboes plural

词汇关系

衍生词
gazeboed gazebolike

词源

Possibly from gaze + Latin future indicative conjugation-ending -bō, as in vidēbō (“I will see”), comparable perhaps to lavabo from Latin lavābō (“I will wash”); alternatively from Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba, “fort, casbah”), itself possibly refashioned after the former.
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