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单词 carrel
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Definition of carrel in English:

carrel

noun ˈkar(ə)lˈkɛrəl
  • 1A small cubicle with a desk for the use of a reader or student in a library.

    (图书馆里供单个读者或学生使用的带桌的)小单间

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As a place, we are now providing silent study areas on floors four and five in addition to study carrels throughout the Library and the floor two group study area, where two bookable group study rooms are now available.
    • My best writing period came when I'd go to a carrel in the library every morning and work on the novel for one or two or three hours.
    • That evening, I spent an hour in the Laidlaw Library, sitting in a carrel, pretending to study some book I'd grabbed off the shelf.
    • She grabbed her flashlight and ran out of her carrel.
    • Tara had a semester off from her assistantship, so she was spending more time in her carrel, dividing her time between research, writing, and hanging out online.
    • Almost as soon as the carrels were set up they were full.
    • Flat open tables are preferred to enclosed furniture or carrels, so that ‘natural surveillance’ can be maintained at all times.
    • A wide variety of seating, carrels or workstations, and generous tabletops must be well distributed throughout the library, close to research materials, as well as gathered in larger reading rooms.
    • They observed the quiet intensity of the students in their assigned carrels.
    • When he reached Manda, he had found her sitting alone in a carrel, staring into space.
    • Study carrels were sometimes placed along a corridor's edge.
    • In this design 150 workstations, most with computer terminals, replaced stacks containing books and carrels within the Building 8 library designed by Edmond and Corrigan.
    • This sudden descent into darkness would be followed by cursing from the vicinity of the open carrels where readers had lost track of time.
    • Having nothing else to do, she spent most of the week in her carrel working on her research.
    • The courtroom in Arusha looks like a high-school library, with practical carpeting and schoolhouse desks divided by carrels.
    • An open central court provided natural lighting and quiet space with carrels for each graduate student and postdoctoral visitor.
    • Traditionally, humanities faculty have worked somewhat in isolation, with the library carrel being a second home.
    • The quantities and locations of reading tables, carrels, shelving, and other furniture and equipment are manipulated to meet current and changing needs.
    • Fullerton also revealed that the carrels will be made larger.
    • ‘Okay, first, let's list down what you have done at the party last night,’ Michael told Manda when they had settled themselves in the library carrel.
    Synonyms
    cubicle, kiosk, box, compartment, enclosure, cupboard, cubbyhole
    1. 1.1historical A small enclosure or study in a cloister.
      〈史〉(修道院的)小室,小书房
      Synonyms
      booth, cubicle, kiosk, cabin, hut

Origin

Late 16th century: apparently related to carol in the old sense 'ring'.

Rhymes

apparel, barrel, carol, Carole, Carroll, Darrell, Darryl, Farrell

Definition of carrel in US English:

carrel

nounˈkɛrəlˈkerəl
  • 1A small cubicle with a desk for the use of a reader or student in a library.

    (图书馆里供单个读者或学生使用的带桌的)小单间

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Having nothing else to do, she spent most of the week in her carrel working on her research.
    • Study carrels were sometimes placed along a corridor's edge.
    • They observed the quiet intensity of the students in their assigned carrels.
    • When he reached Manda, he had found her sitting alone in a carrel, staring into space.
    • Fullerton also revealed that the carrels will be made larger.
    • Traditionally, humanities faculty have worked somewhat in isolation, with the library carrel being a second home.
    • The quantities and locations of reading tables, carrels, shelving, and other furniture and equipment are manipulated to meet current and changing needs.
    • That evening, I spent an hour in the Laidlaw Library, sitting in a carrel, pretending to study some book I'd grabbed off the shelf.
    • As a place, we are now providing silent study areas on floors four and five in addition to study carrels throughout the Library and the floor two group study area, where two bookable group study rooms are now available.
    • ‘Okay, first, let's list down what you have done at the party last night,’ Michael told Manda when they had settled themselves in the library carrel.
    • Flat open tables are preferred to enclosed furniture or carrels, so that ‘natural surveillance’ can be maintained at all times.
    • Tara had a semester off from her assistantship, so she was spending more time in her carrel, dividing her time between research, writing, and hanging out online.
    • This sudden descent into darkness would be followed by cursing from the vicinity of the open carrels where readers had lost track of time.
    • The courtroom in Arusha looks like a high-school library, with practical carpeting and schoolhouse desks divided by carrels.
    • My best writing period came when I'd go to a carrel in the library every morning and work on the novel for one or two or three hours.
    • Almost as soon as the carrels were set up they were full.
    • An open central court provided natural lighting and quiet space with carrels for each graduate student and postdoctoral visitor.
    • In this design 150 workstations, most with computer terminals, replaced stacks containing books and carrels within the Building 8 library designed by Edmond and Corrigan.
    • A wide variety of seating, carrels or workstations, and generous tabletops must be well distributed throughout the library, close to research materials, as well as gathered in larger reading rooms.
    • She grabbed her flashlight and ran out of her carrel.
    Synonyms
    cubicle, kiosk, box, compartment, enclosure, cupboard, cubbyhole
    1. 1.1historical A small enclosure or study in a cloister.
      〈史〉(修道院的)小室,小书房
      Synonyms
      booth, cubicle, kiosk, cabin, hut

Origin

Late 16th century: apparently related to carol in the old sense ‘ring’.

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