gable
英 ['geɪb(ə)l]
美 ['gebl]
- n. 山形墙；三角形饰物
- vt. 在…上砌三角墙；在…安装三角形饰物
- vi. 形成三角墙；形成三角形饰物
- n. (Gable)人名；(英)盖布尔；(法)加布勒
助记提示
1. cephalic => cephal- => gable.
2. The notion underlying gable is probably of 'topping' or 'surmounting'.
3. 由于以前房子顶部的侧面都呈三角形进而引伸出如今的含义。
4. 山墙呈一个三角形的形状，似古体“山”字，故称“山墙”。
5. Possibly the primitive meaning of the words may have been 'top', 'vertex'; this may have given rise to the sense of 'gable', and this latter to the sense of 'fork', a gable being originally formed by two pieces of timber crossed at the top supporting the end of the roof-tree".
6. Root cephal- "head," which seems to have yielded words meaning both "fork" and "head".
7. 著名小说：《绿山墙的安妮》又名《绿屋的安妮》：《Anne Of Green Gables》。
8. 谐音“盖宝、盖堡”----盖宝塔、城堡，宝塔、城堡顶部呈山墙形。
双语例句
- 1. It has a dormer roof joining both gable ends.
- 带天窗的斜屋顶连接着两边的山墙。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. I don't like the ugly look of that hole in the gable.
- 我不喜欢山墙上的那个难看的窟窿.
来自辞典例句
- 3. I am a Clark Gable nut : I have seen all his films.
- 我是 克拉克·盖博 的影迷,我看过他演的所有影片.
来自互联网
- 4. His first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable.
- 他在好莱坞的第一份工作是作为克拉克盖保的替身演员.
来自互联网
- 5. Several paintings are hanging on the gable walls of his house.
- 他家的房山上挂着几幅画.
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