单词 | gondola |
释义 | gondola/ˈɡɒndələ![]() noun ![]() 1A light flat-bottomed boat used on Venetian canals, having a high point at each end and worked by one oar at the stern.Successive displays chronicle the Greek trireme, perhaps the ultimate statement of rowing power, the Venetian gondola, the Thames wherry, wooden-hulled lifeboats and arctic whaleboats....
2The seating compartment in a ski lift.It started in a vague dream of getting off the ski-lift gondola at a mountain ski lodge, and stepping out on the metal grate....
2.1An enclosed compartment suspended from an airship or balloon.They have built gondolas for airships, flight simulators and floating offices, but Jim's boat posed a real challenge....
3 (also gondola car) North American An open railway freight wagon.The common gondola car is a freight car with low sides and ends, a solid floor, and no roof....
4British A free-standing block of shelves used to display goods in a supermarket. OriginMid 16th century: from Venetian Italian, from Rhaeto-Romance gondolà 'to rock, roll'. Rhymes |
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