Definition of aisle in English:

aisle

noun ʌɪlaɪl

1A passage between rows of seats in a building such as a church or theatre, an aircraft, or train.
the musical had the audience dancing in the aisles
Example sentencesExamples
- With three separate aisles, and seats that reclined to almost vertical it was the most comfortable bus I have ever ridden.
- Then my eyes fell on those three women, sitting on alternate seats across the aisle from each other.
- Thirty unarmed INS agents accompanied the flight, guarding the handcuffed deportees in shifts, standing in aircraft's aisles at every fifth row.
- She had a stroke last year and moves slowly as the aisles of the train are not wide enough for her walker.
- Rather than have them walk down the aisle of a moving train, why not try getting up and offering your seat?
- Tickets for unreserved seats in the side aisles are being bought, such is the demand to see this concert.
- Everything takes much longer, as too many people are boarding at any one time and blocking the aisles near the prime seats.
- The new bus has more seating, wider aisles and longer seat belts.
- The bus was headed from the Western Wall to an ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighbourhood on the city's outskirts, and families with children were packed in the seats and aisles.
- There's always that moment when, because there are four of us, three are allotted a row of seats and one has the seat across the aisle.
- Seated across the aisle from him were three girls Yutaka recognized from school.
- I can only fly five hours maximum in aircraft with a decent seat pitch and only in an aisle seat, so I can move about.
- As he walked off-stage, he cast a glance of recognition towards those seated in the second aisle.
- Around 600 mourners filled the seats and aisles of St Andrew's to watch Mr Lewis's coffin carried in by some of his friends.
- I chose a seat on the aisle near the back and settled in to enjoy the program of traditional Christmas music.
- Turtle chose his seat on the train across the aisle from Tim in the row behind Megan and Jeff.
- Even with extra seats placed in the aisles, occupancy was far more than 100 per cent at both the concerts we attended.
- I've seen with my own eyes people take up four seats, the entire aisle and the toilet cubile by strategic placement of a few cases.
- At a humanist ceremony at York Crematorium, conducted by Maggie Blunt, mourners sat and kneeled in the aisles because every seat was taken.
- At which point, I wondered, would it be ok to get up and move to the empty, inviting seats across the aisle?
Synonyms
passage, passageway, corridor, gangway, walkway, path, lane, alley
1. 1.1 A passage between cabinets and shelves of goods in a supermarket or other building.
  I spend much of my time at the shops, wandering through the aisles
  Example sentencesExamples
  ‘You're not funny,’ I hissed, then, gathering a stack of books, headed for a shelf a couple of aisles over.
  The old storage barn, however, was the one that really delighted us, for most of the tools were still there, piled high on shelves and crammed into the aisles between shelves.
  He wandered down the long aisle between the shelves that towered far too high to reach, stuffed with books.
  Supermarkets will color code aisles according to genetic type so that DNA-savvy consumers can easily identify the right foods and supplements for themselves.
  And while it seems at home in supermarket produce aisles, it will be relegated to the household aisle of drug chains, where it initially underperformed in test.
  While walking down the aisles - supermarket aisles that is - the Archbishop of York got more than he bargained for.
  Women have several supermarket aisles of stuff.
  Soy burgers can be found in the frozen-foods aisle of any supermarket.
  You wander through the aisles of any supermarket and everything is the same.
  I felt so grown-up strolling the long aisles of towering wooden shelves, stopping to consider each interesting item - and its price.
  Go to the bread aisle in your supermarket, and count just how many different products we have.
  Cruising the aisles of the Jewel supermarket in Barrington, Ill., she knows exactly what she wants and how much she's willing to pay for it.
  Recognizing that people these days are used to picking their produce sparkling clean from supermarket aisles, Chuck and Rosie go the extra mile in presentation.
  He has seen film of a man walking down a supermarket aisle, and all the tins flying off the shelves as they pass.
  It's a mixed blessing, where the payment for an empty car-park and deserted supermarket aisles is a fair number of empty shelves which have yet to be stocked.
  But I can still remember back to when I could dangle my legs out of the shopping cart seat and watch the aisles go by.
  The more choice we have, the less likely we are to enjoy the shared experience - unless it's wandering around the supermarket aisles in a mass daze, wondering what to buy.
  There were four aisles' worth of shelves, and to dust them required Adam to take the merchandise off, dust and then replace the items in the exact order with which they were removed.
  Once she got there, she paced the aisle, scanning the shelves for a home pregnancy test.
  This company is also known for its butter, which is richer than its domestic counterparts in U.S. supermarket dairy aisles.
2. 1.2Architecture (in a church) a lower part parallel to the nave, choir, or transept, from which it is divided by pillars.
  the tiled roof over the south aisle
  Example sentencesExamples
  Both share the wooden oriel projecting onto the choir, with a private entrance to the rear and a small door leading into the choir aisle.
  The interior space was unified by creating level floors for the nave and aisles.
  Although St George's had to be wider than it was long, he managed to create a central, square nave flanked by galleried aisles, with an apse containing a magnificent tall reredos to the east.
  The nearest people were five or six rows in front of me, and the pews across the aisle were empty for almost a dozen rows.
  The new grant will be used for repairs to the south nave aisle roof, north nave masonry and leaded light windows.
  The service over, he strides down the pew aisle, wiping fingers across his brow.
  The church is later English; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with porch and tower.
  White pillars towered above him, and marble guards lined the aisle, stone spears held at the ready.
  In a gothic cathedral, the nave is flanked by aisles which run parallel to it.
  A narrow chancel originally lay east of the nave and parts of its north wall can still be seen, pierced by the arcade between the nave and the north aisle.
  Folding chairs were snapped open along the aisles and in the choir loft, filling every available surface in order to accommodate the throng who had come to honour Fred.
  The aisles and nave of the church are connected by arches which are held up by 18 imposing stone pillars made from well chiselled limestone.
  The route leads towards the double doors that lead to stairs which go up to the south aisle of the church.
  She walked out into the main room and down the narrow aisle between the pews.
  Internally, the building is divided into a nave, transepts and side aisles composed of ornamental cast-iron columns and girders and a gallery 12 feet wide runs all round the Hall.
  In the early 14th century the two nave aisles were rebuilt and the tower arch reconstructed.
  Our church family enjoys having our choir standing in the aisles, blending in with the total congregation during congregational singing.
  I'm an old abandoned church with broken pews and empty aisles.
  There was also a nave with aisles and galleries and a particularly fine church organ.
  Around the thirteenth-century north and south choir aisles, the spandrels of the blank arcading have many Green Beasts, including the one shown here.

Phrases

lead someone up the aisle

Get married to someone.
Example sentencesExamples
- He asked her if she would continue to lead up the aisle in single matches.
- Catherine her sister acted as a bridesmaid and Thomas Pringle led her up the aisle.
- Rauru patted her gently on the shoulder, as he led her up the aisle.
- These vulnerable readers would spend 20 years speaking with a fake Spanish accent, if a glossy-haired woman promised it would lead up the aisle
- Sadly, he never led me up the aisle or put a ring on my finger (actually, that isn't quite true), but this week all that changed when I became a different kind of Mrs Robinson.

walk down the aisle

Get married.
she became a mother within a year of walking down the aisle
Example sentencesExamples
- Since the royal couple walked down the aisle, they have had an eventful 12 months.
- He has already walked down the aisle a staggering five times.
- It won't be long before they are walking down the aisle together.
- Today's young people dream about walking down the aisle.
- People are waiting longer before walking down the aisle with the average groom being almost 37 years old and his bride nearly 34.
- These feelings are the things that are manufactured naturally when you see your daughter walking down the aisle.
- The perennial bridesmaid's finally walked down the aisle.
- It was a case of third time lucky for Lisa when she walked down the aisle last year.
- He happily confesses that his favourite moment in any musical film is when Julie Andrews walks down the aisle in The Sound of Music.
- More couples are willing to have preventative counselling than they are to seek it out after walking down the aisle.

Derivatives

aisled

adjective ʌɪldaɪld

Now you see that what it resembles is a preaching hall, like Les Jacobins in Toulouse, rather than an aisled, chapel-lined cathedral.
Example sentencesExamples
- They vary in plan (not least because some were developed over generations), but often incorporate aisled elements or courtyards.
- Two watchtowers and several houses are now growing up around a 30-ft high, aisled longhall that will eventually measure 60 ft long by 30 ft wide.
- The hotel contains an oak timber frame thought to have formed the end of an aisled hall, a popular form of building among well-off peasants in the 13 th century.
- After the grand houses had been pulled down in Colchester's Culver Street suburb, a huge aisled warehouse was constructed, perhaps for storing taxes-in-kind and military supplies.

Origin

Late Middle English ele, ile, from Old French ele, from Latin ala 'wing'. The spelling change in the 17th century was due to confusion with isle and influenced by French aile 'wing'.

The early spellings ele, ile are from Old French ele, from Latin ala ‘wing’. The spelling change in the 17th century was due to confusion with isle (see island); the word was also influenced by French aile ‘wing’.

Rhymes

Argyle, awhile, beguile, bile, Carlisle, Carlyle, compile, De Stijl, ensile, file, guile, I'll, interfile, isle, Kabyle, kyle, lisle, Lyle, Mikhail, mile, Nile, pile, rank-and-file, resile, rile, Ryle, Sieg Heil, smile, spile, stile, style, tile, vile, Weil, while, wile, worthwhile

Definition of aisle in US English:

aisle

nounīlaɪl

1A passage between rows of seats in a building such as a church or theater, an airplane, or a train.
the musical had the audience dancing in the aisles
Example sentencesExamples
- Everything takes much longer, as too many people are boarding at any one time and blocking the aisles near the prime seats.
- I chose a seat on the aisle near the back and settled in to enjoy the program of traditional Christmas music.
- She had a stroke last year and moves slowly as the aisles of the train are not wide enough for her walker.
- Thirty unarmed INS agents accompanied the flight, guarding the handcuffed deportees in shifts, standing in aircraft's aisles at every fifth row.
- The new bus has more seating, wider aisles and longer seat belts.
- Around 600 mourners filled the seats and aisles of St Andrew's to watch Mr Lewis's coffin carried in by some of his friends.
- Tickets for unreserved seats in the side aisles are being bought, such is the demand to see this concert.
- Then my eyes fell on those three women, sitting on alternate seats across the aisle from each other.
- I've seen with my own eyes people take up four seats, the entire aisle and the toilet cubile by strategic placement of a few cases.
- Rather than have them walk down the aisle of a moving train, why not try getting up and offering your seat?
- Seated across the aisle from him were three girls Yutaka recognized from school.
- I can only fly five hours maximum in aircraft with a decent seat pitch and only in an aisle seat, so I can move about.
- Even with extra seats placed in the aisles, occupancy was far more than 100 per cent at both the concerts we attended.
- Turtle chose his seat on the train across the aisle from Tim in the row behind Megan and Jeff.
- As he walked off-stage, he cast a glance of recognition towards those seated in the second aisle.
- At a humanist ceremony at York Crematorium, conducted by Maggie Blunt, mourners sat and kneeled in the aisles because every seat was taken.
- The bus was headed from the Western Wall to an ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighbourhood on the city's outskirts, and families with children were packed in the seats and aisles.
- With three separate aisles, and seats that reclined to almost vertical it was the most comfortable bus I have ever ridden.
- There's always that moment when, because there are four of us, three are allotted a row of seats and one has the seat across the aisle.
- At which point, I wondered, would it be ok to get up and move to the empty, inviting seats across the aisle?
Synonyms
passage, passageway, corridor, gangway, walkway, path, lane, alley
1. 1.1 A passage between shelves of goods in a supermarket or other building.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The more choice we have, the less likely we are to enjoy the shared experience - unless it's wandering around the supermarket aisles in a mass daze, wondering what to buy.
  Supermarkets will color code aisles according to genetic type so that DNA-savvy consumers can easily identify the right foods and supplements for themselves.
  He has seen film of a man walking down a supermarket aisle, and all the tins flying off the shelves as they pass.
  Recognizing that people these days are used to picking their produce sparkling clean from supermarket aisles, Chuck and Rosie go the extra mile in presentation.
  Go to the bread aisle in your supermarket, and count just how many different products we have.
  It's a mixed blessing, where the payment for an empty car-park and deserted supermarket aisles is a fair number of empty shelves which have yet to be stocked.
  While walking down the aisles - supermarket aisles that is - the Archbishop of York got more than he bargained for.
  Once she got there, she paced the aisle, scanning the shelves for a home pregnancy test.
  This company is also known for its butter, which is richer than its domestic counterparts in U.S. supermarket dairy aisles.
  And while it seems at home in supermarket produce aisles, it will be relegated to the household aisle of drug chains, where it initially underperformed in test.
  There were four aisles' worth of shelves, and to dust them required Adam to take the merchandise off, dust and then replace the items in the exact order with which they were removed.
  I felt so grown-up strolling the long aisles of towering wooden shelves, stopping to consider each interesting item - and its price.
  He wandered down the long aisle between the shelves that towered far too high to reach, stuffed with books.
  ‘You're not funny,’ I hissed, then, gathering a stack of books, headed for a shelf a couple of aisles over.
  Women have several supermarket aisles of stuff.
  You wander through the aisles of any supermarket and everything is the same.
  Cruising the aisles of the Jewel supermarket in Barrington, Ill., she knows exactly what she wants and how much she's willing to pay for it.
  The old storage barn, however, was the one that really delighted us, for most of the tools were still there, piled high on shelves and crammed into the aisles between shelves.
  But I can still remember back to when I could dangle my legs out of the shopping cart seat and watch the aisles go by.
  Soy burgers can be found in the frozen-foods aisle of any supermarket.
2. 1.2Architecture (in a church) a lower part parallel to and at the side of a nave, choir, or transept, from which it is divided by pillars.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Our church family enjoys having our choir standing in the aisles, blending in with the total congregation during congregational singing.
  Folding chairs were snapped open along the aisles and in the choir loft, filling every available surface in order to accommodate the throng who had come to honour Fred.
  There was also a nave with aisles and galleries and a particularly fine church organ.
  The service over, he strides down the pew aisle, wiping fingers across his brow.
  Internally, the building is divided into a nave, transepts and side aisles composed of ornamental cast-iron columns and girders and a gallery 12 feet wide runs all round the Hall.
  The church is later English; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with porch and tower.
  The aisles and nave of the church are connected by arches which are held up by 18 imposing stone pillars made from well chiselled limestone.
  Around the thirteenth-century north and south choir aisles, the spandrels of the blank arcading have many Green Beasts, including the one shown here.
  A narrow chancel originally lay east of the nave and parts of its north wall can still be seen, pierced by the arcade between the nave and the north aisle.
  I'm an old abandoned church with broken pews and empty aisles.
  She walked out into the main room and down the narrow aisle between the pews.
  The nearest people were five or six rows in front of me, and the pews across the aisle were empty for almost a dozen rows.
  White pillars towered above him, and marble guards lined the aisle, stone spears held at the ready.
  Both share the wooden oriel projecting onto the choir, with a private entrance to the rear and a small door leading into the choir aisle.
  In the early 14th century the two nave aisles were rebuilt and the tower arch reconstructed.
  The interior space was unified by creating level floors for the nave and aisles.
  In a gothic cathedral, the nave is flanked by aisles which run parallel to it.
  Although St George's had to be wider than it was long, he managed to create a central, square nave flanked by galleried aisles, with an apse containing a magnificent tall reredos to the east.
  The new grant will be used for repairs to the south nave aisle roof, north nave masonry and leaded light windows.
  The route leads towards the double doors that lead to stairs which go up to the south aisle of the church.

Phrases

lead someone up the aisle

Get married to someone.
Example sentencesExamples
- Catherine her sister acted as a bridesmaid and Thomas Pringle led her up the aisle.
- He asked her if she would continue to lead up the aisle in single matches.
- These vulnerable readers would spend 20 years speaking with a fake Spanish accent, if a glossy-haired woman promised it would lead up the aisle
- Rauru patted her gently on the shoulder, as he led her up the aisle.
- Sadly, he never led me up the aisle or put a ring on my finger (actually, that isn't quite true), but this week all that changed when I became a different kind of Mrs Robinson.

Origin

Late Middle English ele, ile, from Old French ele, from Latin ala ‘wing’. The spelling change in the 17th century was due to confusion with isle and influenced by French aile ‘wing’.

单词	aisle
释义	Definition of aisle in English: aisle noun ʌɪlaɪl 1A passage between rows of seats in a building such as a church or theatre, an aircraft, or train. the musical had the audience dancing in the aisles Example sentencesExamples With three separate aisles, and seats that reclined to almost vertical it was the most comfortable bus I have ever ridden. Then my eyes fell on those three women, sitting on alternate seats across the aisle from each other. Thirty unarmed INS agents accompanied the flight, guarding the handcuffed deportees in shifts, standing in aircraft's aisles at every fifth row. She had a stroke last year and moves slowly as the aisles of the train are not wide enough for her walker. Rather than have them walk down the aisle of a moving train, why not try getting up and offering your seat? Tickets for unreserved seats in the side aisles are being bought, such is the demand to see this concert. Everything takes much longer, as too many people are boarding at any one time and blocking the aisles near the prime seats. The new bus has more seating, wider aisles and longer seat belts. The bus was headed from the Western Wall to an ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighbourhood on the city's outskirts, and families with children were packed in the seats and aisles. There's always that moment when, because there are four of us, three are allotted a row of seats and one has the seat across the aisle. Seated across the aisle from him were three girls Yutaka recognized from school. I can only fly five hours maximum in aircraft with a decent seat pitch and only in an aisle seat, so I can move about. As he walked off-stage, he cast a glance of recognition towards those seated in the second aisle. Around 600 mourners filled the seats and aisles of St Andrew's to watch Mr Lewis's coffin carried in by some of his friends. I chose a seat on the aisle near the back and settled in to enjoy the program of traditional Christmas music. Turtle chose his seat on the train across the aisle from Tim in the row behind Megan and Jeff. Even with extra seats placed in the aisles, occupancy was far more than 100 per cent at both the concerts we attended. I've seen with my own eyes people take up four seats, the entire aisle and the toilet cubile by strategic placement of a few cases. At a humanist ceremony at York Crematorium, conducted by Maggie Blunt, mourners sat and kneeled in the aisles because every seat was taken. At which point, I wondered, would it be ok to get up and move to the empty, inviting seats across the aisle? Synonyms passage, passageway, corridor, gangway, walkway, path, lane, alley 1.1 A passage between cabinets and shelves of goods in a supermarket or other building. I spend much of my time at the shops, wandering through the aisles Example sentencesExamples ‘You're not funny,’ I hissed, then, gathering a stack of books, headed for a shelf a couple of aisles over. The old storage barn, however, was the one that really delighted us, for most of the tools were still there, piled high on shelves and crammed into the aisles between shelves. He wandered down the long aisle between the shelves that towered far too high to reach, stuffed with books. Supermarkets will color code aisles according to genetic type so that DNA-savvy consumers can easily identify the right foods and supplements for themselves. And while it seems at home in supermarket produce aisles, it will be relegated to the household aisle of drug chains, where it initially underperformed in test. While walking down the aisles - supermarket aisles that is - the Archbishop of York got more than he bargained for. Women have several supermarket aisles of stuff. Soy burgers can be found in the frozen-foods aisle of any supermarket. You wander through the aisles of any supermarket and everything is the same. I felt so grown-up strolling the long aisles of towering wooden shelves, stopping to consider each interesting item - and its price. Go to the bread aisle in your supermarket, and count just how many different products we have. Cruising the aisles of the Jewel supermarket in Barrington, Ill., she knows exactly what she wants and how much she's willing to pay for it. Recognizing that people these days are used to picking their produce sparkling clean from supermarket aisles, Chuck and Rosie go the extra mile in presentation. He has seen film of a man walking down a supermarket aisle, and all the tins flying off the shelves as they pass. It's a mixed blessing, where the payment for an empty car-park and deserted supermarket aisles is a fair number of empty shelves which have yet to be stocked. But I can still remember back to when I could dangle my legs out of the shopping cart seat and watch the aisles go by. The more choice we have, the less likely we are to enjoy the shared experience - unless it's wandering around the supermarket aisles in a mass daze, wondering what to buy. There were four aisles' worth of shelves, and to dust them required Adam to take the merchandise off, dust and then replace the items in the exact order with which they were removed. Once she got there, she paced the aisle, scanning the shelves for a home pregnancy test. This company is also known for its butter, which is richer than its domestic counterparts in U.S. supermarket dairy aisles. 1.2Architecture (in a church) a lower part parallel to the nave, choir, or transept, from which it is divided by pillars. the tiled roof over the south aisle Example sentencesExamples Both share the wooden oriel projecting onto the choir, with a private entrance to the rear and a small door leading into the choir aisle. The interior space was unified by creating level floors for the nave and aisles. Although St George's had to be wider than it was long, he managed to create a central, square nave flanked by galleried aisles, with an apse containing a magnificent tall reredos to the east. The nearest people were five or six rows in front of me, and the pews across the aisle were empty for almost a dozen rows. The new grant will be used for repairs to the south nave aisle roof, north nave masonry and leaded light windows. The service over, he strides down the pew aisle, wiping fingers across his brow. The church is later English; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with porch and tower. White pillars towered above him, and marble guards lined the aisle, stone spears held at the ready. In a gothic cathedral, the nave is flanked by aisles which run parallel to it. A narrow chancel originally lay east of the nave and parts of its north wall can still be seen, pierced by the arcade between the nave and the north aisle. Folding chairs were snapped open along the aisles and in the choir loft, filling every available surface in order to accommodate the throng who had come to honour Fred. The aisles and nave of the church are connected by arches which are held up by 18 imposing stone pillars made from well chiselled limestone. The route leads towards the double doors that lead to stairs which go up to the south aisle of the church. She walked out into the main room and down the narrow aisle between the pews. Internally, the building is divided into a nave, transepts and side aisles composed of ornamental cast-iron columns and girders and a gallery 12 feet wide runs all round the Hall. In the early 14th century the two nave aisles were rebuilt and the tower arch reconstructed. Our church family enjoys having our choir standing in the aisles, blending in with the total congregation during congregational singing. I'm an old abandoned church with broken pews and empty aisles. There was also a nave with aisles and galleries and a particularly fine church organ. Around the thirteenth-century north and south choir aisles, the spandrels of the blank arcading have many Green Beasts, including the one shown here. Phrases lead someone up the aisle Get married to someone. Example sentencesExamples He asked her if she would continue to lead up the aisle in single matches. Catherine her sister acted as a bridesmaid and Thomas Pringle led her up the aisle. Rauru patted her gently on the shoulder, as he led her up the aisle. These vulnerable readers would spend 20 years speaking with a fake Spanish accent, if a glossy-haired woman promised it would lead up the aisle Sadly, he never led me up the aisle or put a ring on my finger (actually, that isn't quite true), but this week all that changed when I became a different kind of Mrs Robinson. walk down the aisle Get married. she became a mother within a year of walking down the aisle Example sentencesExamples Since the royal couple walked down the aisle, they have had an eventful 12 months. He has already walked down the aisle a staggering five times. It won't be long before they are walking down the aisle together. Today's young people dream about walking down the aisle. People are waiting longer before walking down the aisle with the average groom being almost 37 years old and his bride nearly 34. These feelings are the things that are manufactured naturally when you see your daughter walking down the aisle. The perennial bridesmaid's finally walked down the aisle. It was a case of third time lucky for Lisa when she walked down the aisle last year. He happily confesses that his favourite moment in any musical film is when Julie Andrews walks down the aisle in The Sound of Music. More couples are willing to have preventative counselling than they are to seek it out after walking down the aisle. Derivatives aisled adjective ʌɪldaɪld Now you see that what it resembles is a preaching hall, like Les Jacobins in Toulouse, rather than an aisled, chapel-lined cathedral. Example sentencesExamples They vary in plan (not least because some were developed over generations), but often incorporate aisled elements or courtyards. Two watchtowers and several houses are now growing up around a 30-ft high, aisled longhall that will eventually measure 60 ft long by 30 ft wide. The hotel contains an oak timber frame thought to have formed the end of an aisled hall, a popular form of building among well-off peasants in the 13 th century. After the grand houses had been pulled down in Colchester's Culver Street suburb, a huge aisled warehouse was constructed, perhaps for storing taxes-in-kind and military supplies. Origin Late Middle English ele, ile, from Old French ele, from Latin ala 'wing'. The spelling change in the 17th century was due to confusion with isle and influenced by French aile 'wing'. The early spellings ele, ile are from Old French ele, from Latin ala ‘wing’. The spelling change in the 17th century was due to confusion with isle (see island); the word was also influenced by French aile ‘wing’. Rhymes Argyle, awhile, beguile, bile, Carlisle, Carlyle, compile, De Stijl, ensile, file, guile, I'll, interfile, isle, Kabyle, kyle, lisle, Lyle, Mikhail, mile, Nile, pile, rank-and-file, resile, rile, Ryle, Sieg Heil, smile, spile, stile, style, tile, vile, Weil, while, wile, worthwhile noun.1 phr. Definition of aisle in US English: aisle nounīlaɪl 1A passage between rows of seats in a building such as a church or theater, an airplane, or a train. the musical had the audience dancing in the aisles Example sentencesExamples Everything takes much longer, as too many people are boarding at any one time and blocking the aisles near the prime seats. I chose a seat on the aisle near the back and settled in to enjoy the program of traditional Christmas music. She had a stroke last year and moves slowly as the aisles of the train are not wide enough for her walker. Thirty unarmed INS agents accompanied the flight, guarding the handcuffed deportees in shifts, standing in aircraft's aisles at every fifth row. The new bus has more seating, wider aisles and longer seat belts. Around 600 mourners filled the seats and aisles of St Andrew's to watch Mr Lewis's coffin carried in by some of his friends. Tickets for unreserved seats in the side aisles are being bought, such is the demand to see this concert. Then my eyes fell on those three women, sitting on alternate seats across the aisle from each other. I've seen with my own eyes people take up four seats, the entire aisle and the toilet cubile by strategic placement of a few cases. Rather than have them walk down the aisle of a moving train, why not try getting up and offering your seat? Seated across the aisle from him were three girls Yutaka recognized from school. I can only fly five hours maximum in aircraft with a decent seat pitch and only in an aisle seat, so I can move about. Even with extra seats placed in the aisles, occupancy was far more than 100 per cent at both the concerts we attended. Turtle chose his seat on the train across the aisle from Tim in the row behind Megan and Jeff. As he walked off-stage, he cast a glance of recognition towards those seated in the second aisle. At a humanist ceremony at York Crematorium, conducted by Maggie Blunt, mourners sat and kneeled in the aisles because every seat was taken. The bus was headed from the Western Wall to an ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighbourhood on the city's outskirts, and families with children were packed in the seats and aisles. With three separate aisles, and seats that reclined to almost vertical it was the most comfortable bus I have ever ridden. There's always that moment when, because there are four of us, three are allotted a row of seats and one has the seat across the aisle. At which point, I wondered, would it be ok to get up and move to the empty, inviting seats across the aisle? Synonyms passage, passageway, corridor, gangway, walkway, path, lane, alley 1.1 A passage between shelves of goods in a supermarket or other building. Example sentencesExamples The more choice we have, the less likely we are to enjoy the shared experience - unless it's wandering around the supermarket aisles in a mass daze, wondering what to buy. Supermarkets will color code aisles according to genetic type so that DNA-savvy consumers can easily identify the right foods and supplements for themselves. He has seen film of a man walking down a supermarket aisle, and all the tins flying off the shelves as they pass. Recognizing that people these days are used to picking their produce sparkling clean from supermarket aisles, Chuck and Rosie go the extra mile in presentation. Go to the bread aisle in your supermarket, and count just how many different products we have. It's a mixed blessing, where the payment for an empty car-park and deserted supermarket aisles is a fair number of empty shelves which have yet to be stocked. While walking down the aisles - supermarket aisles that is - the Archbishop of York got more than he bargained for. Once she got there, she paced the aisle, scanning the shelves for a home pregnancy test. This company is also known for its butter, which is richer than its domestic counterparts in U.S. supermarket dairy aisles. And while it seems at home in supermarket produce aisles, it will be relegated to the household aisle of drug chains, where it initially underperformed in test. There were four aisles' worth of shelves, and to dust them required Adam to take the merchandise off, dust and then replace the items in the exact order with which they were removed. I felt so grown-up strolling the long aisles of towering wooden shelves, stopping to consider each interesting item - and its price. He wandered down the long aisle between the shelves that towered far too high to reach, stuffed with books. ‘You're not funny,’ I hissed, then, gathering a stack of books, headed for a shelf a couple of aisles over. Women have several supermarket aisles of stuff. You wander through the aisles of any supermarket and everything is the same. Cruising the aisles of the Jewel supermarket in Barrington, Ill., she knows exactly what she wants and how much she's willing to pay for it. The old storage barn, however, was the one that really delighted us, for most of the tools were still there, piled high on shelves and crammed into the aisles between shelves. But I can still remember back to when I could dangle my legs out of the shopping cart seat and watch the aisles go by. Soy burgers can be found in the frozen-foods aisle of any supermarket. 1.2Architecture (in a church) a lower part parallel to and at the side of a nave, choir, or transept, from which it is divided by pillars. Example sentencesExamples Our church family enjoys having our choir standing in the aisles, blending in with the total congregation during congregational singing. Folding chairs were snapped open along the aisles and in the choir loft, filling every available surface in order to accommodate the throng who had come to honour Fred. There was also a nave with aisles and galleries and a particularly fine church organ. The service over, he strides down the pew aisle, wiping fingers across his brow. Internally, the building is divided into a nave, transepts and side aisles composed of ornamental cast-iron columns and girders and a gallery 12 feet wide runs all round the Hall. The church is later English; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with porch and tower. The aisles and nave of the church are connected by arches which are held up by 18 imposing stone pillars made from well chiselled limestone. Around the thirteenth-century north and south choir aisles, the spandrels of the blank arcading have many Green Beasts, including the one shown here. A narrow chancel originally lay east of the nave and parts of its north wall can still be seen, pierced by the arcade between the nave and the north aisle. I'm an old abandoned church with broken pews and empty aisles. She walked out into the main room and down the narrow aisle between the pews. The nearest people were five or six rows in front of me, and the pews across the aisle were empty for almost a dozen rows. White pillars towered above him, and marble guards lined the aisle, stone spears held at the ready. Both share the wooden oriel projecting onto the choir, with a private entrance to the rear and a small door leading into the choir aisle. In the early 14th century the two nave aisles were rebuilt and the tower arch reconstructed. The interior space was unified by creating level floors for the nave and aisles. In a gothic cathedral, the nave is flanked by aisles which run parallel to it. Although St George's had to be wider than it was long, he managed to create a central, square nave flanked by galleried aisles, with an apse containing a magnificent tall reredos to the east. The new grant will be used for repairs to the south nave aisle roof, north nave masonry and leaded light windows. The route leads towards the double doors that lead to stairs which go up to the south aisle of the church. Phrases lead someone up the aisle Get married to someone. Example sentencesExamples Catherine her sister acted as a bridesmaid and Thomas Pringle led her up the aisle. He asked her if she would continue to lead up the aisle in single matches. These vulnerable readers would spend 20 years speaking with a fake Spanish accent, if a glossy-haired woman promised it would lead up the aisle Rauru patted her gently on the shoulder, as he led her up the aisle. Sadly, he never led me up the aisle or put a ring on my finger (actually, that isn't quite true), but this week all that changed when I became a different kind of Mrs Robinson. Origin Late Middle English ele, ile, from Old French ele, from Latin ala ‘wing’. The spelling change in the 17th century was due to confusion with isle and influenced by French aile ‘wing’. noun.1 phr.
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