| 单词 | dovecote |
| 释义 | dovecote noun[C] (alsodovecot)uk/ˈdʌv.kəʊt/us/ˈdʌv.koʊt/asmallbuildingfordovesorsimilarbirdstolivein 鸽舍；鸟房 Travel Ink/Gallo Images/GettyImages Animal dwellings - man-made
Examplesofdovecotedovecote First, there is an element of recycling, the re-use of a barrel to become adovecote. From theCambridge English Corpus Yapp cannot identify them but suggests they might be pigeons or doves in adovecotebecause of their position; alternatively owls or ravens as harbingers of doom. From theCambridge English Corpus We have also helped barns, dovecotes, groups of cottages, and now increasingly whole streets and areas of historic towns. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There was the usual flutter amongst the dovecotes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I admit that our approach in clause 6 is rather novel and will, no doubt, cause a fair amount of fluttering in the legal dovecotes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is causing more than a flutter in the dovecotes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 During our 20 years we have dealt with buildings of all sorts and kinds, from dovecotes and windmills to manor houses and palaces. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There was a little fluttering in the dovecotes and some rearrangements of business, because executive sessions were to remain secret. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I know of one case where there are two dovecotes in a small area. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That may cause some fluttering in the dovecotes, but industry will increasingly find it convenient to deal with its counterparts if it operates a single currency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There are also a stable block anddovecoteboth of which date from the late 18th century. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Of the original complex comprising church, dormitory, cloister, chapter house, caldarium, refectory,dovecoteand forge, all remain intact except the refectory and are well maintained. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Local folklore asserts that a 17th-centurydovecotein the grounds has been haunted since a monk placed a curse on it. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The hall was surrounded by landscaped gardens which included a brickdovecotewhich dated back to 1721. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There is adovecotewith a lantern roof. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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