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单词 veranda
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Definition of veranda in English:

veranda

(also verandah)
noun vəˈrandəvəˈrændə
  • 1A roofed platform along the outside of a house, level with the ground floor.

    I'll be on the veranda
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A dilapidated old man sits on the veranda of a dilapidated old house.
    • She would drop a recent kill on the back verandah outside our kitchen door.
    • She was at a table on the veranda overlooking the plaza, already looking at a menu.
    • Meet me outside on the veranda when you finish eating, please.
    • One weekend I shared a room with Boy and his girlfriend; they slept on the veranda, leaving me the room to myself.
    • I finally spotted her alone, outside on the veranda, looking at the rough ocean.
    • Meals are served in the house, on the veranda, or on mats placed on the ground outside the house.
    • Then just stretch out on the veranda - or the living room sofa - and savor a splendid but underappreciated spirit.
    • The senior man broke away from the crowd and ran out the back door of the house to wail on the veranda.
    • A human couple relaxed on a porch swing on the veranda and Max thought the place looked peaceful.
    • It is arranged in traditional courtyard format with verandahs for residential and administrative buildings.
    • As Mario was on his phone once again, he stood on the veranda with the door closed so no one would hear him.
    • It is further supported by ‘front-of-house’ outdoor living spaces such as porches, verandahs, and courtyards.
    • Thalia stayed against the cool marble wall on the veranda and closed her eyes.
    • Rena was sitting on the veranda railing looking at eye level to Rufus.
    • You can also dine outside on the veranda section and enjoy cooling sea breezes.
    • In traditional Karen bamboo houses, sleeping quarters for guests are on the veranda.
    • I carried my weight slowly like a steamship, and sat on the veranda, outside this man's shop.
    • The outdoor verandah and roof overhangs provide welcome shade for both levels in the summer.
    • Monitor 33 showed one of the hotel's numerous bars and lounges, this one outside on the veranda.
    1. 1.1Australian, NZ A roof over the pavement in front of a shop.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • So we walked back to the village, and as we passed under a shady shop veranda, Max plonked herself down and refused to move.
      • I remember the ice melting on the front verandah.
      • Rows of leopards with bared teeth and hammered spots decorate shop verandahs.
      • Indeed, open structures attached to massy buildings recall the welcoming verandas of early Australian houses.
      • There was a verandah out the front where we sipped our milkshakes and watched the utes driving past.

Derivatives

  • verandaed

  • adjective
    • The stallholders plan to utilise the verandahed main street on both sides in the vicinity of the Council building.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The street they walk along is open on the left hand side with verandahed shops on the other side.
      • Was there really a market, even in Sri Lanka, for a genuine, galleried, verandahed and slightly dog-eared, colonial hotel?
      • The outer shape of the panoramic stitch makes the verandahed roofline look like the moveable diaphragm of a camera lens.
      • When not flying, the Lancers frequented the game tables in their verandaed ops shack north of Wing.

Origin

Early 18th century: from Hindi varaṇḍā, from Portuguese varanda 'railing, balustrade'.

  • This is from Hindi varanḍā, which was borrowed from Portuguese varanda ‘railing, balustrade’.

Rhymes

Amanda, Aranda, Baganda, Banda, brander, candour (US candor), coriander, dander, expander, gander, germander, goosander, jacaranda, Leander, Luanda, Lysander, meander, memoranda, Menander, Miranda, oleander, panda, pander, pasanda, philander, propaganda, Rwanda, sander, Skanda, stander, Uganda, understander, Vanda, withstander, zander
 
 

Definition of veranda in US English:

veranda

(also verandah)
nounvəˈrændəvəˈrandə
  • A roofed platform along the outside of a house, level with the ground floor.

    I'll be on the veranda
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I finally spotted her alone, outside on the veranda, looking at the rough ocean.
    • She was at a table on the veranda overlooking the plaza, already looking at a menu.
    • It is further supported by ‘front-of-house’ outdoor living spaces such as porches, verandahs, and courtyards.
    • A dilapidated old man sits on the veranda of a dilapidated old house.
    • One weekend I shared a room with Boy and his girlfriend; they slept on the veranda, leaving me the room to myself.
    • Monitor 33 showed one of the hotel's numerous bars and lounges, this one outside on the veranda.
    • Meet me outside on the veranda when you finish eating, please.
    • In traditional Karen bamboo houses, sleeping quarters for guests are on the veranda.
    • She would drop a recent kill on the back verandah outside our kitchen door.
    • I carried my weight slowly like a steamship, and sat on the veranda, outside this man's shop.
    • Rena was sitting on the veranda railing looking at eye level to Rufus.
    • Meals are served in the house, on the veranda, or on mats placed on the ground outside the house.
    • A human couple relaxed on a porch swing on the veranda and Max thought the place looked peaceful.
    • Thalia stayed against the cool marble wall on the veranda and closed her eyes.
    • You can also dine outside on the veranda section and enjoy cooling sea breezes.
    • The senior man broke away from the crowd and ran out the back door of the house to wail on the veranda.
    • It is arranged in traditional courtyard format with verandahs for residential and administrative buildings.
    • As Mario was on his phone once again, he stood on the veranda with the door closed so no one would hear him.
    • Then just stretch out on the veranda - or the living room sofa - and savor a splendid but underappreciated spirit.
    • The outdoor verandah and roof overhangs provide welcome shade for both levels in the summer.

Origin

Early 18th century: from Hindi varaṇḍā, from Portuguese varanda ‘railing, balustrade’.

 
 
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