verandah

verandah — 名詞

1. a roofed outdoor space with a floor raised above ground level, built along the f

1.名詞B1
釋義

陽臺；廊

有屋頂的室外平臺

a roofed outdoor space with a floor raised above ground level, built along the front or side wall of a house, with one or more sides open to the air

例句

Lucas sat on the wooden verandah every evening to watch the sunset.

Lucas 每天傍晚都坐在木頭陽臺上看日落。

collocation: sit on the verandah

The old colonial house had a wide verandah with four rocking chairs and a table.

那棟殖民時期的老房子有一座寬敞的陽臺，上面擺了四張搖椅和一張桌子。

collocation: wide verandah

同義詞
  • veranda

    same meaning; the more common spelling worldwide

  • porch

    wider term; a porch can be small or uncovered, while a verandah is always roofed and typically runs the length of a wall

用法筆記

Also spelled veranda (more common in American English and increasingly in British English too).

常見錯誤

❌I sat on the verandah balcony.
✅I sat on the verandah.
💡a verandah is a type of porch; adding 'balcony' either confuses two different structures or is redundant.