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单词 cockloft
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Definition of cockloft in English:

cockloft

nounˈkɒklɒftˈkɑklɔft
  • A small upper loft under the ridge of a roof.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There are common cocklofts, large areas, and myriad void spaces through which fire can travel.
    • Inside those parks are pavilions, stages, pagodas, cocklofts, mazes leading to quiet places, red flowers and green grasses.
    • Due to the height of the ceiling and the fact that there were double cocklofts, the decision was to mount a defensive fire fighting operation.
    • The fire swept through the halls of the second floor in the north wing of the school, and flashed through the cockloft above the classrooms.
    • All these wooden row houses had cocklofts - 3 to 4-foot attic spaces between the top apartment and the roof connected through rows of buildings.
    • My coverage area is made up of mostly row homes with common cocklofts.
    • The cocklofts have mostly been converted in later times, but they are beautifully preserved in this house.
    • The cockloft was accessible from the service area.
    • Since poor people cannot afford the high rent prices, they have to jostle in bed-size apartments and partitioned rooms in the cocklofts of aged buildings.
    • You can push down ceilings out of reach of the standard 6 foot hook found in high cocklofts.
    • The fire extended rapidly to the exposures on the C-side of the building and started to run the cocklofts of the building.
    • There are three reasons for unusually rapid fire spread in a cockloft of a multiple dwelling or row of stores.
    • As more companies arrived and with the row of homes evacuated, crews began to extinguish the fire which roared across the backs and in the cocklofts.
    • The house comprised a kitchen, a little hall, lower parlour, pantry, two cellars, a hall above stairs, an upper parlour and four chambers with cocklofts above.
    • Heated fire gases and flame in a concealed space can travel upwards several floors and break out in a cockloft.
    • As the ceilings were pulled, fire was moving across the cockloft from the adjacent hardware store.
    Synonyms
    attic, loft, roof space, cock loft

Definition of cockloft in US English:

cockloft

nounˈkɑklɔftˈkäklôft
  • A small loft or attic.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Due to the height of the ceiling and the fact that there were double cocklofts, the decision was to mount a defensive fire fighting operation.
    • The house comprised a kitchen, a little hall, lower parlour, pantry, two cellars, a hall above stairs, an upper parlour and four chambers with cocklofts above.
    • The cocklofts have mostly been converted in later times, but they are beautifully preserved in this house.
    • You can push down ceilings out of reach of the standard 6 foot hook found in high cocklofts.
    • The fire extended rapidly to the exposures on the C-side of the building and started to run the cocklofts of the building.
    • As the ceilings were pulled, fire was moving across the cockloft from the adjacent hardware store.
    • There are three reasons for unusually rapid fire spread in a cockloft of a multiple dwelling or row of stores.
    • As more companies arrived and with the row of homes evacuated, crews began to extinguish the fire which roared across the backs and in the cocklofts.
    • The cockloft was accessible from the service area.
    • Heated fire gases and flame in a concealed space can travel upwards several floors and break out in a cockloft.
    • Since poor people cannot afford the high rent prices, they have to jostle in bed-size apartments and partitioned rooms in the cocklofts of aged buildings.
    • My coverage area is made up of mostly row homes with common cocklofts.
    • The fire swept through the halls of the second floor in the north wing of the school, and flashed through the cockloft above the classrooms.
    • All these wooden row houses had cocklofts - 3 to 4-foot attic spaces between the top apartment and the roof connected through rows of buildings.
    • Inside those parks are pavilions, stages, pagodas, cocklofts, mazes leading to quiet places, red flowers and green grasses.
    • There are common cocklofts, large areas, and myriad void spaces through which fire can travel.
    Synonyms
    attic, loft, roof space, cock loft
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