bower

• n. 凉亭；树阴处
• n. (Bower)人名；(英、西)鲍尔

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中文词源

来自PIE *bheue, 存在，居住，词源同be. 原指简易住所，后指凉亭，树阴。词源同booth.

英文词源

bower

bower: [OE] A bower was originally simply a place where one lived; the modern connotation of a ‘secluded arbour’ did not become fully established until the 16th century. Old English būr came from West and North Germanic *būraz or *būram, a derivative of the prolific base *bü- ‘dwell’, which also produced be, boor, booth, bound ‘intending to go’, build, burly, byelaw, byre, and the -bour of neighbour.
=> be, boor, booth, build, burly, byre, neighbour

bower (n.)

Old English bur "room, hut, dwelling, chamber," from Proto-Germanic *buraz (cognates: Old Norse bur "chamber," Swedish bur "cage," Old High German bur "dwelling, chamber," German Bauer "birdcage"), from *bu- "to dwell," from PIE root *bheue- "to be, exist, dwell" (see be). Modern spelling developed after mid-14c. Sense of "leafy arbor" (place closed in by trees) is first attested 1520s. Hence, too, Australia's bower-bird (1847).

双语例句

1. They sat under the leafy bower at the end of the garden and watched the sun set.

他们坐在花园尽头由叶子搭成的凉棚下观看落日.

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2. Mrs. Quilp was pining in her bower.

奎尔普太太正在她的闺房里度着愁苦的岁月.

来自辞典例句

3. She rolls the curtain up and light comes in her bower.

玉户帘中卷不去.

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4. To enclose in or as if in a bower; embower.

处于或似处于凉亭中; 用凉亭遮茵.

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5. Lucy arranged her bower and put on her best white frock.

露西整理好闺房,然后穿上她最好的白色连衣裙.

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