colonnade
/ˌkɒləˈneɪd/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌkɑːləˈneɪd/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌkä-lə-ˈnād/ (ame, mw)
colonnade — noun
- colonnadesingular
- colonnadesplural
1. a long line of upright stone pillars, spaced out at even gaps, that usually hold
a long line of upright stone pillars, spaced out at even gaps, that usually holds up the edge of a roof or runs along the front of a grand building.
Tourists walked slowly through the cool stone colonnade outside the old cathedral in Seville.
typical context: colonnade outside a grand building
A long marble colonnade ran along the front of the museum, shading visitors from the afternoon sun.
collocation: marble / stone colonnade
Nikhil photographed the temple's curved colonnade just as the sunset turned every pillar gold.
The hotel garden ended in a small white colonnade where guests often paused for wedding photos.
Heavy rain forced the parade to shelter under the colonnade of the city library.
- arcade
an arcade has arches between the columns; a colonnade has only a straight beam on top.
- portico
a portico is a smaller covered porch with columns at the entrance of a building, not a long row down its side.
- peristyle
more technical; a peristyle is a colonnade that fully surrounds a courtyard or open space.
文法句型
a colonnade of [noun]
用法筆記
Subject is typically the building or space the colonnade belongs to; the word almost always appears with a determiner ('the / a') plus a location or material modifier.