Conservatory
[kən'sɜːvət(ə)rɪ] or [kən'sɝvətɔri]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner.
(noun.) a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts.
(noun.) the faculty and students of a school specializing in one of the fine arts.
手打:托德--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.
(n.) That which preserves from injury.
(n.) A place for preserving anything from loss, decay, waste, or injury; particulary, a greenhouse for preserving exotic or tender plants.
(n.) A public place of instruction, designed to preserve and perfect the knowledge of some branch of science or art, esp. music.
整理:劳拉
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Repository, storehouse.[2]. Greenhouse.
校對:奥斯瓦德
例句/造句/用法:
- Let yourself into the garden, and make your way in by the conservatory door. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- An hour afterwards, I heard them at high words in the conservatory, with the dog-rose once more at the bottom of the dispute. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- It isn't a bit hotter here than in Mrs. Van Osburgh's conservatory--and some of the women are not a bit uglier. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- I passed through the garden; entered the conservatory; and crossed the small drawing-room. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- The thick, warm air of the conservatory and the rich, choking fragrance of exotic plants took us by the throat. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- As I like sweets, and jams, and comfits, and conservatory flowers. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- In Frank's last letter she complained, he said, of being too weak to get into her conservatory without having both his arm and his uncle's! 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- The scene in the Brys' conservatory had been like a part of her dreams; she had not expected to wake to such evidence of its reality. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- I sent to the conservatory to say that I wished to speak to the Sergeant directly. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- It is set in an environment of woods and sweeps of lawn, flanked by unusually large conservatories, and always bright in summer with glowing flower beds. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Asking for my lady, and hearing that she was in one of the conservatories, we went round to the gardens at the back, and sent a servant to seek her. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
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