alcove: [17] Alcove is of Arabic origin. It reached English, via French alcôve and Spanish alcoba (where it means ‘recessed area for a bed’), from Arabic al-qobbah ‘the arch, the vault’, hence ‘the vaulted room’, which was derived from the verb qubba ‘vault’.
alcove (n.)
1670s, "vaulted recess," from French alcôve (17c.), from Spanish alcoba, from Arabic al-qobbah "the vaulted chamber," from Semitic base q-b-b "to be bent, crooked, vaulted."
实用例句
1. The bookcase fits neatly into the alcove.
书架正好放得进壁凹。
来自《权威词典》
2. The alcove held a couch.
这凹进去的地方有一张长沙发.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Set into an alcove under the side deck is a tiny wash basin.
舷边甲板下面的一个凹处放了一个小小的洗脸盆。
来自柯林斯例句
4. The bed fits neatly into the alcove.
床正好放进壁凹里.
来自辞典例句
5. A young lady, a guest of the house, playing a piano in an alcove pleased him.
