| 单词 | patio | 
| 释义 | pation. 1.   a.  In a Spanish or Mexican house: a roofless inner courtyard open to the sky. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > courtyard > 			[noun]		 > inner court barton1519 patio1764 compluvium1832 1764    G. Glas tr.  J. de Abreu de Galindo Hist. Discov. & Conquest Canary Islands  iv. xiv. 285  				When you enter the inner door of the casa puerta, you come to the Patio, or court-yard, which is..paved with flags, pebbles, or some other stones. 1818    Niles' Reg. 21 Nov. 202/1  				They have large open courts or varandas..which are called patios. 1824    E. B. Penny Let. 18 May in  Sketch Customs & Society Mexico 		(1828)	 iii. 18  				The entrance is through large folding doors, under an archway into a front court, called the patio. 1828    W. Irving in  Life & Lett. 		(1864)	 II. 287  				The patios planted with orange and citron trees and refreshed by fountains. 1895    Outing 28 38/2  				The typical Mexican house is built in the form of a hollow square... In the unroofed quadrangle, or patio, as it is called, is spent the greater portion of what open air life the women..enjoy. 1929    Travel Jan. 18/2  				Coconuts ripen and thud down in patios that blaze with purple bobadilla, blue martinique-flowers. 1963    A. Eustis tr.  F. Chevalier Land & Society Colonial Mexico viii. 298  				Outbuildings were usually grouped around a second patio. 1984    K. Logan Hacienda Pueblo ii. 36  				Margarito's and Adela's house now encompasses several rooms around a roofless interior patio, which provides the family's outdoor living space.  b.  A paved roofless area adjoining and belonging to a house; esp. a garden terrace. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > courtyard > 			[noun]		 court1377 closec1440 quadrant1443 pryelle1480 base court1490 palace1506 quadranglec1543 courtyard1552 palace courta1679 quad1786 under-ward1826 tetrastoön1838 courtlet1844 riad1881 lapa1886 patio1931 1931    P. G. Wodehouse Let. 12 Apr. in  Yours, Plum 		(1990)	 iv. 114  				We had bridge tables spotted about the garden and patio. 1941    B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? xi. 271  				He was..dancing with her out on the patio to the rhumba orchestra. 1968    Globe & Mail 		(Toronto)	 17 Feb. 45 		(advt.)	  				Detached 4-bedroom home on large fenced lot, beautiful patio. 1972    E. Hargreaves Fair Green Weed i. 12  				He..found the pair of them sitting on the patio, watching some limbo dancers on the beach. 1990    Garden Answers Nov. 51/1  				Most patios are sheltered sun traps and ideal for speeding growth and promoting ripening.  2.  Mining and Metallurgy. A yard or floor where ores are cleaned, sorted, or amalgamated by the patio process. Also: †the patio process (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > 			[noun]		 > other specific mining processes > in coal-mining outstroke1747 holing1841 coal-cutting1842 patio1845 sumping1849 bottoming1856 salting1856 patio process1862 spragging1865 yardage1877 booming1880 brushing1883 filling1883 sounding1883 yard-work1883 blanketing1884 goafing1888 freezing process1889 power loading1901 bashing1905 rock dusting1915 mucking1918 solid stowing1929 stone-dusting1930 roof bolting1949 rock bolting1955 society > occupation and work > workplace > places for working with specific materials > place for working with metal > 			[noun]		 > for cleaning ore patio1845 1845    Chem. Gaz. 1 Sept. 373  				The preparation of magistral, an indispensable agent in the amalgamation by patio. 1856    Hutching's Mag. Sept. 104/1  				The ore deposited on the patio, another set of laborers engage in separating the large lumps and reducing them to the size of common paving stones. 1882    Rep. Precious Metals (U.S. Bureau of Mint) 588  				Our Spanish-American neighbors, by the patio produced a very slow and incomplete contact. 1913    Trans. Inst. Mining & Metall. 22 661  				The ore is received in the ‘patio’ or yard adjoining the mill, where it is weighed. 1941    Geogr. Rev. 31 409/2  				Bar silver from the crude Spanish smelting furnaces and amalgamation patios of Topia was taken by mule trains eastward. 1993    Nature 17 June 589/3  				The balance of the mercury used..would have been released to the atmosphere during..the amalgamation process on the open patio floor. Compounds C1.    a.   General attributive. Situated on a patio; (of a room) overlooking and opening on to a patio, and usually provided with glass walls or large windows; (of a house) provided with a patio. ΚΠ 1912    J. London Let. 18 Jan. 		(1966)	 360  				I should like to see a novel of mine come out from the presses back of the patio garden. 1939    Florida: Guide to Southernmost State 		(Federal Writers' Project)	  ii. 231  				Patio restaurants and open air cafés. 1967    E. Rockwell tr.  H. Hoffman 		(title)	  				One-family housing. Solution to an urban dilemma. Terrace houses. Patio houses. Linked houses. 1976    Outdoor Living 		(N. Z.)	 1  ii. 44  				For the patio garden in the ideal location on the sunny side of the house the list of plants is unending. 1980    Farmer's Weekly 		(Perth)	 24 Jan. 25/3 		(advt.)	  				Architect designed 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom double brick home... Large patio area with pergola. 1990    Home Building Fall 13 		(advt.)	  				Choose from beautiful sunrooms and patio rooms. 1996    Pract. Gardening June 30/1 		(advt.)	  				Whether a small patio pond or a large pool, a carefully chosen water feature will add impact to a garden. 2001    Financial Times 27 Jan. (Property Suppl.) 7/3  				The property has great potential to become a spacious family home with the added benefit of a good-sized integral garage and a west facing patio garden.  b.   Designating items suitable or designed for use on a patio.   patio furniture  n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > 			[noun]		 > types of furniture generally wainscot1589 oak1829 casework1855 Chippendalism1880 Queen Anne1883 Colonial Revival1889 mission furniture1900 Bombay furniture1910 Chinese Chippendale1922 Danish modern1948 patio furniture1969 Populuxe1986 1969    Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring–Summer 9  				Moderately priced all-wood patio furniture. 1997    Jrnl. Consumer Res. 23 333/2  				Achievers tend to own patio furniture at a higher than average rate.   patio model  n. ΚΠ 1969    Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring–Summer 13  				Patio model [gas-fired grill] with its own 18-inch diameter mounting base. 2001    Contra Costa 		(Calif.)	 Times 		(Nexis)	 30 June  c8  				An upmarket patio model from Pure Design.   patio stand  n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > stand > 			[noun]		 > other stands boot-rack1837 umbrella-stand1837 watch-stand1858 pot stand1868 wig-stand1883 tie rack1916 patio stand1969 1969    Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring–Summer 13  				Barbecue on patio stand. 1998    Bath Chron. 		(Nexis)	 22 Apr. 2  				Hanging baskets, patio stands, rose towers, [etc.].   patio table  n. ΚΠ 1973    Advocate-News 		(Barbados)	 17 Feb. 12/6 		(advt.)	  				Under the diamond hammer... Patio table, book press, rocking chairs. 1995    K. J. Anderson Ground Zero 		(1996)	 xviii. 135  				She pulled a chaise lounge up to her small patio table, then went to turn on the bug lights.  C2.     patio block  n. a square concrete slab of a kind suitable for making patios. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > concrete > 			[noun]		 > brick or block of brick1427 breeze-block1923 slab1927 hollow block1964 patio block1969 1969    Limnol. & Oceanogr. 14 467/1  				The base of the sampler was a concrete patio block. 1998    M. Cox Pulsar in  Thirty-Seven Years from Stone 22  				The yellow of grass beneath a patio block.   patio door  n. a door leading on to a patio; spec. a large, glass sliding door. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of door > 			[noun]		 > other types of door hall-doorc1275 falling doorc1300 stable doorc1330 vice-door1354 hecka1400 lodge-doorc1400 street door1465 gate-doora1500 portal1516 backdoor1530 portal door1532 side door1535 by-door1542 outer door1548 postern door1551 house door1565 fore-door1581 way-door1597 leaf door1600 folding door1611 clap-door1625 balcony-door1635 out-door1646 anteportc1660 screen door1668 frontish-door1703 posticum1704 side entrance1724 sash-door1726 Venetian door1731 oak1780 jib-door1800 trellis?c1800 sporting door1824 ledge-door1825 through door1827 bivalves1832 swing-door1833 tradesmen's entrance1838 ledged door1851 tradesmen's door?1851 fire door1876 storm door1878 shoji1880 fire door1889 Dutch door1890 patio door1900 stable door1900 ledge(d) and brace(d) door1901 suicide door1925 louvre door1953 1900    R. St. Barbe In Mod. Spain 48  				Crowding round the patio door each morning. 1973    Daily Tel. 10 July 15/1  				The new sliding patio doors are vastly superior. A complete wall of glass, they can be five feet wide or even extend, with several panels, up to 24ft wide. 2001    Pract. Householder Aug. 20/1  				Previously, the patio doors opened onto a very small concrete slab which meant that access between the house and garden was limited.   patio process  n. Mining and Metallurgy a process for separating silver from the ore by amalgamating it with mercury on an open floor. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > 			[noun]		 > other specific mining processes > in coal-mining outstroke1747 holing1841 coal-cutting1842 patio1845 sumping1849 bottoming1856 salting1856 patio process1862 spragging1865 yardage1877 booming1880 brushing1883 filling1883 sounding1883 yard-work1883 blanketing1884 goafing1888 freezing process1889 power loading1901 bashing1905 rock dusting1915 mucking1918 solid stowing1929 stone-dusting1930 roof bolting1949 rock bolting1955 1862    J. S. Hittell Mining in Pacific States N. Amer. 172  				The patio process, or Mexican mode of amalgamation, is managed in a patio or amalgamating yard, closely paved with granite. 1974    Encycl. Brit. Micropædia VII. 664/1  				The patio, or Mexican, process of separating silver from the ore by amalgamation with quicksilver was perfected..in the 16th century. 1997    Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 77 391  				Juan Thomas had to maintain an inventory of indispensable mining supplies like..pyrites for refining ores by the patio process.   patio rose  n. a miniature rose; a rose particularly suited to being grown on a patio; (also) the light-pink colour of the rose. ΚΠ 1941    N.Y. Times 16 Aug. 25/2  				Sixteen sun-and-play colors for resort and cruise wear have been issued by the Textile Colored Card Association... The others are pebble sand, patio rose, wave green, [etc.]. 1955    Pasadena 		(Calif.)	 Independent 9 Oct. (Fall Garden section) 18/3  				Other specimens you can use are..the patio rose. This is a tree rose budded on a 24-inch stock and does very well in redwood tubs. 2002    Guardian 		(Electronic ed.)	 23 Nov.  				It's a cluster-flowered bush rose (floribunda); these and patio roses are the best for containers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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