arbour
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ar·bour British English, arbor American English /ˈɑːbə $ ˈɑːrbər/ noun [countable] DLGa shelter in a garden made by making plants grow together on a frame shaped like an arch 〔花园中长满蔓藤的〕棚架,藤架,凉棚
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arbour• The path leads down and around to a brick-paved seating area situated beneath a climber-covered arbour looking back towards the house.• To provide vertical emphasis and break the line of those surrounding walls, pergolas and a rose covered arbour have been introduced.• Behind a screen of scented orange-blossom was a little arbour with a stone bench, and she took refuge there.• She also received a rose arbour for her garden where she plans to spend more time in her retirement.• Past the overgrown lawn, through the decrepit rose arbour and into the Wilderness.• I strolled on into the arbour.• When the arbour collapsed, when the pear tree blew over, they cleared the wreckage and left Nature to it.ar·bour nounChineseSyllable
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arbour
ar‧bour
British English, arbor American English /ˈɑːbə $ ˈɑːrbər/ noun [countable]
ar‧bour
British English, arbor American English /ˈɑːbə $ ˈɑːrbər/ noun [countable] Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: herbier 'area of grass', from herbe 'herb, grass'
a shelter in a garden made by making plants grow together on a frame shaped like an arch
Language: Old French
Origin: herbier 'area of grass', from herbe 'herb, grass'