| 释义 |
‖ cortile|korˈtile|
[It. cortile ‘court or yard of a house’ (Florio), deriv. of corte court.]
(In Italy). An enclosed area or court-yard within or attached to a building: usually roofless or surrounded with a covered walk; occasionally roofed; sometimes serving as a hall or court of entrance, as in some Italian churches.
1841Penny Cycl. XX. 75/2 The cortile of the Palazzo Piccolomini at Siena. 1875H. James R. Hudson xi. 403 Within, it [an Italian villa] had a great, cool, gray cortile, with high, light arches around it. 1884Horner Florence I. xxvi. 370 The central door under the portico opens on the cortile or court of entrance. |