| 单词 | paneling |
| 释义 | paneling (once / 18821 pages) n The collective panels used to decorate or cover a wall are called paneling. If you have really dark wood paneling in your house, you can try to lighten it up with paint, but use a primer first because the dark stain tends to show through paint. Although paneling usually refers to wood covering on a wall, the word paneling is derived from panel, which originally referred to cloth. Panel is an Old French word meaning a piece of cloth, and that word is from the Latin word pannus, which has the same meaning. Today, there are many different types of wood paneling, including board and batten, bead board, tongue and groove, and flat or raised panels. WORD FAMILYpaneling: panelings+/panel: paneled, paneling, panelist, panelled, panellist, panels/panelist: panelists/panellist: panellists USAGE EXAMPLESStepping into the foyer, you turn to the right and see a sitting room featuring yellow stained-glass windows inset with peacock designs and yellow paneling. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) More than once, Crystal found one reclining on the couch backward, legs climbing up the wood paneling like vines, talking to Carmen’s portrait. Washington Times(Dec 24, 2016) Dramatic mansard roof, original wood paneling and pine floors, eight fireplaces, completely renovated. Washington Times(Dec 08, 2016) n a panel or section of panels in a wall or door Syn|Hypo|Hyper pane, panelling wall panel paneling that forms part of a wall panel sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something |
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