arcades

IPA/ɑːˈkeɪd/
KK[ɑrkˈedz]IPA/ɑːrˈkeɪd/

arcades — 名詞

  • arcadessingular
  • arcadesesplural

1. a covered passage or street with shops on both sides, often built with a glass r

1.名詞B1
釋義

拱廊商店街

有頂棚的商店通道

a covered passage or street with shops on both sides, often built with a glass roof overhead so that people can walk and browse without going outside.

例句

The old shopping arcade in Lisbon has tiny bakeries and bookshops along its tiled corridor.

里斯本那座老拱廊商店街的磁磚走廊兩旁，開了幾家小麵包店和書店。

countable: a shopping arcade

Mei-Ling bought a leather notebook at a small stationery shop inside the arcade.

Mei-Ling 在拱廊商店街裡的一家文具店買了一本皮革筆記本。

同義詞
  • gallery

    a covered walkway that may or may not have shops; more architectural in tone

  • passageway

    a general term for a narrow corridor; does not imply shops

  • colonnade

    a row of columns supporting a roof; usually open on one side and less focused on retail

文法句型

the + arcade

arcade + noun (arcade shops)

用法筆記

Often refers to a historic or architecturally notable shopping street with a roof. Modern indoor malls are usually called 'shopping centres' rather than arcades.

常見錯誤

❌Let us meet at the arcade' (without context — unclear).
✅Let us meet at the shopping arcade on Nanjing East Road.
💡add context or use 'shopping arcade' to avoid confusion with game arcades.

2. a roofed footway with a row of arches carried on pillars, typically running besi

2.名詞B2
釋義

拱廊；騎樓

建築物一側的列柱有頂通道

a roofed footway with a row of arches carried on pillars, typically running beside a building and giving pedestrians shelter from rain or sun.

例句

Students sat under the stone arcade of the university courtyard to escape the midday sun.

學生們坐在大學中庭的石造拱廊下，躲避正午的豔陽。

preposition: under the arcade

White marble columns form an arcade along the front of the old city hall.

白色的大理石柱在舊市政廳前形成了一道長拱廊。

pattern: arcade along [building]

同義詞
  • colonnade

    a row of columns supporting a straight roof; an arcade specifically has arches

  • cloister

    a covered walkway in a monastery or college, usually around a courtyard

  • portico

    a porch with columns at the entrance of a building, not a long walkway

文法句型

arcade of + noun (arcade of columns)

arcade along + noun

用法筆記

This sense is primarily architectural. Distinguish from sense 1: a columned walkway may have no shops at all. In historic buildings, the two senses sometimes overlap (e.g. a covered shopping street built with arches).

常見錯誤

❌The arcade was full of video games.
✅The arcade was full of shoppers browsing the boutiques.
💡The 'game arcade' meaning is not covered here; stick to the covered-passage meaning.