| 释义 |
tienda orig. and chiefly U.S.|tɪˈɛndə|
[a. Sp., = tent, awning, shop: see tent n.1]
In the south-western U.S.: a shop or stall, esp. a draper's or general store.
1844G. W. Kendall Santa Fé Exped. II. ii. 38 Standing in front of a small tienda, or store. 1870J. C. Duval Adv. Big-Foot Wallace xxxviii. 235, I searched in vain every shop and ‘tienda’ in the city for even a pair of No. 11's, though 12's fit me best. 1912C. F. Saunders Indians of Terraced Houses 71 Our proximity to the pueblo was indicated by our meeting Indians..on their way to the trader's tienda beneath the shady cottonwoods at Algodones. 1927Blackw. Mag. Nov. 658/2 Its tienda with long counter, handsome shelves, and fabulous profits. 1948F. Blake Johnny Christmas i. 10 Across the plaza, too, in the sprawling Martinez tienda, were articles that would trade or sell high in northeastern Texas. |