| 释义 |
pa·vil·ion
I. \pəˈvilyən\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English pavilon, from Old French paveillon, from Latin papilion-, papilio butterfly; akin to Old English fīfalde butterfly, Old High German fīfaltra, Old Norse fīfrildi butterfly, Lithuanian peteliške flighty, piepala quail; from its spreading out like a butterfly's wings
1.
a. : a large often sumptuous tent
< amongst them rose the white pavilions of the Turkish irregular cavalry — A.H.Layard >
b. : something resembling a canopy or tent
< tree ferns spread their delicate pavilions — Blanche E. Baughan >
2.
a. : a part of a building usually having some distinguishing feature and projecting from the rest
< rang the bell of the little pavilion and was taken into the tiny hall and then into the small dining room — Gertrude Stein >
< the country house … accented by two-story terminal pavilions at the ends — H.S.Morrison >
b. : one of several detached or semidetached units into which a building (as a hospital) is sometimes divided
< became supervisor of the dependents' pavilion — Current Biography >
3.
a. : a light sometimes ornamental structure in a garden, park, or place of recreation that is used for entertainment or shelter
< picnicked in pavilions — Green Peyton >
< the band pavilion … is the scene of summer concerts — American Guide Series: Minnesota >
< there was a pavilion, a dance hall up on the highway — Morley Callaghan >
b. : a temporary structure erected at an exposition by an individual exhibitor
< the national pavilions … are the actual property of the nations which display their wares in them — David Sylvester >
4. : the lower faceted part of a brilliant between the girdle and the culet — compare bezel; see brilliant illustration
5.
a. : pinna 2b
b. : infundibulum f
6. chiefly Britain : a permanent structure erected for the use of players and often spectators on a cricket ground
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English pavilionen, from pavilion, n.
: to furnish or cover with : put, enclose, or shelter in or as if in a pavilion
< pavilioned in splendor and girded with praise — Robert Grant †1838 > |