open-air
open-air — adjective
1. used for a place or event that is outside and not covered by a roof
used for a place or event that is outside and not covered by a roof
We bought peaches at the open-air market beside the train station.
collocation: open-air market
The town holds an open-air concert in the park every July.
collocation: open-air concert
Lena chose an open-air cafe so the baby could stay cool.
An open-air pool stood behind the hotel, facing the sea.
Because of the heat, the school cancelled its open-air sports day.
文法句型
open-air market
open-air concert
open-air pool
用法筆記
Usually comes before nouns for places and events, especially market, concert, cafe, pool, theatre, and museum. Distinguish from phrase/1, which is the noun phrase open air, most often used after a preposition such as in.
常見錯誤
open-air — phrase
1. the outside space where you are not inside a building or under a roof
the outside space where you are not inside a building or under a roof
After winter, Grandma likes to sit in the open air every morning.
pattern: in the open air
The campers slept in the open air beside a cold mountain river.
verb + in the open air
Farm workers spend long hours in the open air during harvest season.
The doctor told Noah to walk in the open air after lunch.
- outdoors
is the closest modern everyday equivalent
- outside
is simpler and more general in daily speech
- the fresh air
adds the idea of cleaner or healthier air, not just being outside
- indoors
inside a building
文法句型
in the open air
sleep in the open air
work in the open air
用法筆記
Most often appears in the pattern 'in the open air'. Compare adjective/1: that sense describes a noun directly, as in an open-air market, while this sense names the outdoor space itself.