Gable
['geɪb(ə)l] or ['gebl]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof.
(noun.) United States film actor (1901-1960).
手打:奥斯伯特--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A cable.
(n.) The vertical triangular portion of the end of a building, from the level of the cornice or eaves to the ridge of the roof. Also, a similar end when not triangular in shape, as of a gambrel roof and the like.
(n.) The end wall of a building, as distinguished from the front or rear side.
(n.) A decorative member having the shape of a triangular gable, such as that above a Gothic arch in a doorway.
黛尔編輯
解釋/意思:
n. (archit.) the triangular part of an exterior wall of a building between the top of the side-walls and the slopes on the roof—(Scot.) Gā′vel.—adj. Gā′bled.—ns. Gā′ble-end the end-wall of a building on the side where there is a gable; Gā′blet (dim.) a small gable as an ornament on buttresses &c.; Gā′ble-win′dow a window in the gable-end of a building or a window with its upper part shaped like a gable.
錄入:罗兰
例句/造句/用法:
- Preserve a certain order; do not attempt to jump from the ground to the gable, but rise gradually from what is simple and easily understood. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Moore, sitting in the schoolroom, heard the storm roar round the other gable and along the hall-front. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- You could see a high gable, then a long front, then a low gable, then a thick, lofty stack of chimneys. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The quality of hotels is shown by an inn with one, two, three, or four gables, and so forth. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The house presented two pointed gables in its front; the windows were latticed and narrow: the front door was narrow too, one step led up to it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Red Gables, Catherine Street. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- From amid the branches there jutted out the grey gables and high roof-tree of a very old mansion. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Glenmont is a rather elaborate and florid building in Queen Anne English style, of brick, stone, and wooden beams showing on the exterior, with an abundance of gables and balconies. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The cathedral towers and the full gables of the quaint old houses were just beginning to blush in the sunrise. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The openings at the gables perform an important part in the ventilation by admitting all the air that can sweep over the top sawdust. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
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