🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯

檢索以下詞典:
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯!)
最近搜尋:
BNC: 25266 COCA: 23367

bower

1 of 3

noun (1)

bow·​er ˈbau̇(-ə)r How to pronounce bower (audio)
1
: an attractive dwelling or retreat
2
: a lady's private apartment in a medieval hall or castle
3
: a shelter (as in a garden) made with tree boughs or vines twined together : arbor

bower

2 of 3

verb

bowered; bowering; bowers

transitive verb

: embower, enclose
tree-bowered streets

bower

3 of 3

noun (2)

nautical : an anchor carried at the bow of a ship

Did you know?

Bower derives from Old English būr, meaning "dwelling,"and was originally used of attractive homes or retreats, especially rustic cottages. In the Middle Ages, bower came to refer to a lady's personal hideaway within a medieval castle or hall—that is, her private apartment. The more familiar "arbor" sense combines the pastoral beauty of a rustic retreat with the privacy of a personal apartment. Although its tranquil modern meaning belies it, bower is distantly related to the far more roughshod bowery, which has historically been used as the name of a sleazy district in New York City. The Bowery got its name from a Dutch term for a dwelling or farm that shares a common ancestor with the terms that gave rise to "bower."

Example Sentences

Verb bowered by a canopy of grapevines, we enjoyed a serene and very private picnic

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1) and Verb

Middle English bour dwelling, from Old English būr; akin to Old English & Old High German būan to dwell, Old English bēon to be — more at be

First Known Use

Noun (1)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1599, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

1652, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bower was before the 12th century

👨🏻‍🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文
Site Uptime