veranda
noun /vəˈrændə/
/vəˈrændə/
(also verandah)
- (especially British English) (North American English usually porch)a platform with an open front and a roof, built onto the side of a house on the ground floor
(房屋底层有顶半敞的)走廊,游廊 - After dinner, we sat talking on the veranda.
饭后我们坐在游廊上交谈。
- After dinner, we sat talking on the veranda.
- (Australian English, New Zealand English) a roof over the part of the street where people walk in front of a shop
synonym awning(店铺面街上方的)遮檐
词源early 18th cent.: from Hindi varaṇḍā, from Portuguese varanda ‘railing’.