Aisle

[aɪl]

解释:

(noun.) passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores.

(noun.) part of a church divided laterally from the nave proper by rows of pillars or columns.

(noun.) a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods).

校对:鲁珀特--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) A lateral division of a building, separated from the middle part, called the nave, by a row of columns or piers, which support the roof or an upper wall containing windows, called the clearstory wall.

(n.) Improperly used also for the have; -- as in the phrases, a church with three aisles, the middle aisle.

(n.) Also (perhaps from confusion with alley), a passage into which the pews of a church open.

伊恩校对

同义词及近义词：

n. Passage, walk.

编辑:尼特

解释:

n. any lateral division of any part of a church whether of nave choir or transept. The word is often erroneously applied to the passage in a church between the pews or seats.—adj. Aisled (īld) having aisles.

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