alcoves是什么意思？

alcoves

• n. 凹室( alcove的名词复数 )，（花园）凉亭，<古>僻静处，壁龛；

例句

• Its alcoves, its projecting walls and its portico had the same measurements as the others. 33卫房和柱子,并廊子都照先前的尺寸.
• Tiny streams echo in enormous overhanging alcoves. 小溪流的回声在巨大而突出的凹壁中回荡.
• In the alcoves on either side of the fire were bookshelves. 火炉两边的凹室里是书架。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  凹室；壁龛
  An alcove is a small area of a room which is formed by one part of a wall being built further back than the rest of the wall.
  例句
  In the alcoves on either side of the fire were bookshelves. 火炉两边的凹室里是书架。