louver

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈluːvə/    美 /ˈluːvɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light.
    — But darknesse dred and daily night did hover / Through all the inner parts, wherein they dwelt; / Ne lightned was with window, nor with lover, / But with continuall candle-light […].
  2. A series of sloping overlapping slats or boards which admit air and light but exclude rain etc. in-plural
  3. Any of a system of slits, as in the hood of an automobile, for ventilation.

词形变化

louvers plural loover alternative,archaic louvre alternative,UK,mainly lover alternative,obsolete lovour alternative,obsolete luffer alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
louvered louvred
相关词
jalousie

词源

Inherited from Middle English lover, from Old French lovier, lover (“skylight”), from Medieval Latin *lōdārium (attested as lōvārium), extension of lōdium, of unclear origin, but probably of Germanic origin and related to Frankish *laubijā (“shelter”).
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