cellar

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cel·lar /ˈselə $ -ər/ ●○○ noun [countable]  1  TBBa room under a house or other building, often used for storing things 地窖，地下贮藏室 SYN basement a coal cellar 煤窖2. DFDa store of wine belonging to a person, restaurant etc 〔私人或餐馆的〕酒窖 → salt cellar

Examples from the Corpus

cellar• Finally, he had to hide her in a cellar.• His brother Gawain ignored him, gazing at the salt cellar or the window for minutes at a time and stolidly chewing.• He announces that there are invisible demons in the cellar, and that they claim that the house is legally theirs.• Down in the cellar Broadman looked up, muttered to himself, and carried on with his work.• I'd like them shown into the cellar, please.• She'd lain for two days on the cellar floor.• There were three loud knocks on the cellar door.• Have everything brought in and taken down to the cellar.Origin cellar (1200-1300) Anglo-French celer, from Latin cellarium “storeroom”, from cella; → CELL

cel·lar nounChineseSyllable  

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cellar
cel‧lar /ˈselə $ -ər/ noun [countable]1. a room under a house or other building, often used for storing things
   SYN  basement:
    a coal cellar
2. a store of wine belonging to a person, restaurant etc
⇨ salt cellar

cel·larBrE /ˈselə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈselər/ 🔊 nounan underground room often used for storing things 地窖；地下室◆a coal cellar贮煤地窖 = wine cellar  ➡  see also salt cellar