colonnade

/ˌkɒləˈneɪd/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌkɑːləˈneɪd/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌkä-lə-ˈnād/ (ame, mw)

colonnade — 名詞

  • colonnadesingular
  • colonnadesplural

1. a long line of upright stone pillars, spaced out at even gaps, that usually hold

1.名詞C1
釋義

柱廊

等距排列、通常撐起屋頂的成排石柱

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.

例句

Tourists walked slowly through the cool stone colonnade outside the old cathedral in Seville.

遊客緩緩走過塞維亞那座古老大教堂外的清涼石柱廊。

typical context: colonnade outside a grand building

A long marble colonnade ran along the front of the museum, shading visitors from the afternoon sun.

一道長長的大理石柱廊延伸在博物館正面,為訪客遮去午後的陽光。

collocation: marble / stone colonnade

同義詞
  • 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.

常見錯誤

There were many colonnades holding up the roof.
There was a long colonnade holding up the roof.
💡one continuous row of columns is a single colonnade, not many.