balcony

英['bælkənɪ] 美['bælkəni]

反义词

复数: balconies;

balcony 阳台

balc, 树干, 词源同bole, balk. 原指用树干搭建的简易阳台。

balcony: balcony: [17] Balcony entered English from Italian balcone, but it seems to be ultimately of Germanic origin. It was probably borrowed into Old Italian, with the meaning ‘scaffold’. from Germanic *balkon ‘beam’, source of English balk – perhaps from the notion of a platform or scaffold being built from beams of timber, although the connection is not altogether clear.
=> balk
balcony (n.): 1610s, from Italian balcone, from balco "scaffold," from a Germanic source (perhaps Langobardic *balko- "beam," cognate with Old English balca "beam, ridge;" see balk (n.)) + Italian augmentative suffix -one. Till c. 1825, regularly accented on the second syllable.

1. Chris unhooked the shutters and went out on the balcony.: 克里斯拉开百叶窗，走到了阳台上。

3. She led us to a room with a balcony overlooking the harbour.: 她把我们领进了一个带阳台的房间，从那里可以俯瞰海港。

4. Vivid red and pink geraniums cascade over my balcony.: 鲜艳的红色和粉色的天竺葵从我家的阳台上直挂下去。