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词汇 porch
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Definition of porch in English:

porch

noun pɔːtʃpɔrtʃ
  • 1A covered shelter projecting in front of the entrance of a building.

    门廊,柱廊

    the north porch of Hereford Cathedral
    Example sentencesExamples
    • After a few moments of silence, he turns back to the path and continues up the lane to the front porch.
    • Four lay people from each diocese joined the priests to form the bureau's first council before information cards were pinned up in church porches all over the county.
    • Some buildings had wooden fronts, porches, and sidewalks; the streets were narrow, and buildings were densely concentrated.
    • Ornately carved wood details, arches, and porches, adorn the front of the Colegio de San Ramon Primary School in León.
    • It is set in a series of landscaped squares and includes features such as stone walls and wooden porches.
    • Entry is via an enclosed porch to a wide entrance hall with understairs storage and coat closet.
    • The debris rained down for 20 minutes on house roofs, porches, gardens and greenhouses, whilst what were obviously substantial spent rockets plummeted into surrounding streets lined with cars.
    • There is a covered porch and two front doors to the dwelling and an arched entrance at the side.
    • Today the concept of a pedestrian-friendly, densely built community of wood-frame cottages with front porches and picket fences hardly seems avant-garde.
    • Jefferson sometimes called them ‘porticles,’ a word that suggests small porches or porticos.
    • There is faded grandeur in its crumbling, mouldy mansions with their jalousie-fronted windows, porches and verandas.
    • Nate followed the Petrov sisters though a dimly lit pathway to the porch and front door.
    • A strong street edge with front porches activate the street, providing both safety and community life for residents, many of whom are single-parent families.
    • It's not just that so many copies of the free newspaper - I use the term loosely - are left unread in Limerick church porches.
    • Some cottages are raised off the ground, with large porches and gabled roofs.
    • In front of the church he spotted a group of refugees who had been sleeping on straw in front of the porch.
    • In structures at all levels of importance, gates, doors and doorways, together with porches and porticos, are usually much more elaborate than roofs, walls and windows.
    • I went out onto the front porch to smoke after getting all my prep work done and putting stuff in the oven, and then it happened.
    • Flag after flag hung from porches and poles, windows and doors.
    • The outer front door of the porch had a mortise lock which had showed no signs of being forced.
    • Open alcohol is prohibited in all other areas including stairwells, hallways, porches, balconies and outside.
    • It is further supported by ‘front-of-house’ outdoor living spaces such as porches, verandahs, and courtyards.
    Synonyms
    vestibule, foyer, entrance, entrance hall, entry, portal, portico, lobby, anteroom
    North American ramada, stoop
    Australian/New Zealand sleepout
    Indian mandapam
    Architecture lanai, narthex, galilee, peristyle, stoa, colonnade, porte cochère, tambour
    1. 1.1North American A veranda.
      〈北美〉走廊,游廊;阳台
      Daniel and Lydia sat out on the porch for many hours
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Perhaps the most common construction application is roof overhangs on porches and exposed soffits.
      • It combined Dutch elements (highpitched tile roofs) with porches, open kitchens, and servants quarters suited to the climate and social system.
      • Terraces, porches, and verandas are key features, especially away from the street.
      • All that remained was the skeletal stonework of walls, arches, staircases, porches, and columns.
      • Wattle and daub construction, the use of cisterns to collect water, the ‘Big Yard’ or common area, and verandas and porches can be traced to Africa.
      • Use it unadorned, like exterior wallpaper, to line porches, balconies, basements, or walls under trees to suggest the view beyond.
      • The apartments have private balconies and porches linked to walk-up stoops, mimicking the privately owned houses in the neighborhood.
      • Architects began designing houses that had picture windows instead of porches.
      • As they continued chatting down a street, Drew suddenly stopped him and pointed at a rather large house, with one of those stooped porches that looked old but new at the same time.
      • Extend architectural details such as walls, colonnades or porches from the house into the surrounding landscape.
      • Where inter coat peeling has been a problem, it is particularly important to clean areas protected from sun and rain such as porches, eaves and side walls protected by overhangs.
      • Two have elegant trellised porches and verandas in the fashionable Regency style.
      • This architectural language of trellises and shaded walkways and porches carries on a campus tradition that is functional and beautiful.
      • The atrium's entrance hall is accessed through porches that penetrate the transparent wall; each is lit in a different colour at night to emphasize the variety of uses within, but anyone can use any porch.
      • He lowered himself down the last few feet onto the roof of the porch and then stood still for a moment to regain his balance.
      • Both styles feature shallow and sloping tile roofs and one or more verandas and porches.
      • She went up on to the porch and knocked on the white door that had a window with lace curtains on it.
      • The chalet-style home's balconies, porches, and large windows show the strong indoor-outdoor connection for which his work is known.
      • Haley tried to peer around him but his tall built frame was blocking the window overlooking the porch beside the door.
      • He had apparently climbed onto the porch from his upstairs bedroom window.

Derivatives

  • porched

  • adjective
    • A porched entrance with tiled floor and wooden ceiling leads directly into the spacious kitchen.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Splintered Reality was exhibited earlier at Marlborough Gallery, where several other knotted rubber sculptures were porched on pedestals or hung from the gallery walls.
      • The house is accessed through a porched entrance, beyond which the entrance hall features polished timber flooring, a picture rail, coving and understairs storage.
      • A porched entrance leads to a spacious reception hall with ceiling coving, built-in closet and understairs storage.
      • The house is accessed via a porched entrance to the side, which leads into a limestone tiled reception hallway with part-panelled walls, recessed spotlights and understairs storage.
  • porchless

  • adjective

Origin

Middle English: from Old French porche, from Latin porticus 'colonnade', from porta 'passage'.

Rhymes

debauch, nautch, scorch, torch

Definition of porch in US English:

porch

nounpôrCHpɔrtʃ
  • 1A covered shelter projecting in front of the entrance of a building.

    门廊,柱廊

    the north porch of Hereford Cathedral
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Some cottages are raised off the ground, with large porches and gabled roofs.
    • In front of the church he spotted a group of refugees who had been sleeping on straw in front of the porch.
    • Ornately carved wood details, arches, and porches, adorn the front of the Colegio de San Ramon Primary School in León.
    • Four lay people from each diocese joined the priests to form the bureau's first council before information cards were pinned up in church porches all over the county.
    • Open alcohol is prohibited in all other areas including stairwells, hallways, porches, balconies and outside.
    • Flag after flag hung from porches and poles, windows and doors.
    • A strong street edge with front porches activate the street, providing both safety and community life for residents, many of whom are single-parent families.
    • The debris rained down for 20 minutes on house roofs, porches, gardens and greenhouses, whilst what were obviously substantial spent rockets plummeted into surrounding streets lined with cars.
    • There is faded grandeur in its crumbling, mouldy mansions with their jalousie-fronted windows, porches and verandas.
    • There is a covered porch and two front doors to the dwelling and an arched entrance at the side.
    • It's not just that so many copies of the free newspaper - I use the term loosely - are left unread in Limerick church porches.
    • After a few moments of silence, he turns back to the path and continues up the lane to the front porch.
    • It is set in a series of landscaped squares and includes features such as stone walls and wooden porches.
    • Today the concept of a pedestrian-friendly, densely built community of wood-frame cottages with front porches and picket fences hardly seems avant-garde.
    • Nate followed the Petrov sisters though a dimly lit pathway to the porch and front door.
    • Jefferson sometimes called them ‘porticles,’ a word that suggests small porches or porticos.
    • Entry is via an enclosed porch to a wide entrance hall with understairs storage and coat closet.
    • Some buildings had wooden fronts, porches, and sidewalks; the streets were narrow, and buildings were densely concentrated.
    • I went out onto the front porch to smoke after getting all my prep work done and putting stuff in the oven, and then it happened.
    • The outer front door of the porch had a mortise lock which had showed no signs of being forced.
    • In structures at all levels of importance, gates, doors and doorways, together with porches and porticos, are usually much more elaborate than roofs, walls and windows.
    • It is further supported by ‘front-of-house’ outdoor living spaces such as porches, verandahs, and courtyards.
    Synonyms
    vestibule, foyer, entrance, entrance hall, entry, portal, portico, lobby, anteroom
    1. 1.1North American A veranda.
      〈北美〉走廊,游廊;阳台
      Daniel and Lydia sat out on the porch for many hours
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The chalet-style home's balconies, porches, and large windows show the strong indoor-outdoor connection for which his work is known.
      • All that remained was the skeletal stonework of walls, arches, staircases, porches, and columns.
      • Terraces, porches, and verandas are key features, especially away from the street.
      • Two have elegant trellised porches and verandas in the fashionable Regency style.
      • Extend architectural details such as walls, colonnades or porches from the house into the surrounding landscape.
      • Perhaps the most common construction application is roof overhangs on porches and exposed soffits.
      • This architectural language of trellises and shaded walkways and porches carries on a campus tradition that is functional and beautiful.
      • The atrium's entrance hall is accessed through porches that penetrate the transparent wall; each is lit in a different colour at night to emphasize the variety of uses within, but anyone can use any porch.
      • Haley tried to peer around him but his tall built frame was blocking the window overlooking the porch beside the door.
      • As they continued chatting down a street, Drew suddenly stopped him and pointed at a rather large house, with one of those stooped porches that looked old but new at the same time.
      • Architects began designing houses that had picture windows instead of porches.
      • Where inter coat peeling has been a problem, it is particularly important to clean areas protected from sun and rain such as porches, eaves and side walls protected by overhangs.
      • She went up on to the porch and knocked on the white door that had a window with lace curtains on it.
      • Wattle and daub construction, the use of cisterns to collect water, the ‘Big Yard’ or common area, and verandas and porches can be traced to Africa.
      • Use it unadorned, like exterior wallpaper, to line porches, balconies, basements, or walls under trees to suggest the view beyond.
      • It combined Dutch elements (highpitched tile roofs) with porches, open kitchens, and servants quarters suited to the climate and social system.
      • He had apparently climbed onto the porch from his upstairs bedroom window.
      • He lowered himself down the last few feet onto the roof of the porch and then stood still for a moment to regain his balance.
      • Both styles feature shallow and sloping tile roofs and one or more verandas and porches.
      • The apartments have private balconies and porches linked to walk-up stoops, mimicking the privately owned houses in the neighborhood.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French porche, from Latin porticus ‘colonnade’, from porta ‘passage’.

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