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单词 cortile
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Definition of cortile in English:

cortile

nounPlural cortili, Plural cortiles kɔːˈtiːleɪkorˈtileˌkôrtēˈlā
  • (in Italy) an enclosed area, typically roofless and arcaded, within or attached to a building.

    (意大利)中庭;内院

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the center of the tents, where ground has been set aside in the snow for a cortile, those not on duty huddle round with our letters from Italy.
    • The precious fragments were taken first to his villa, but soon given to the Roman people and transferred to the cortile of the Palazzo dei Conservatori.
    • Inside the buildings, slender supporting columns under canopies of steel tubing recover for him the primeval notion of sheltering trees, and a full-scale mock-up in the cortile gives the impression of a delicate forest.
    • The significance of this unusually shaped cortile, heretofore not fully understood, is the topic of this article.

Origin

Italian, derivative of corte 'court'.

Definition of cortile in US English:

cortile

nounˌkôrtēˈlā
  • (in Italy) an enclosed area, typically roofless and arcaded, within or attached to a building.

    (意大利)中庭;内院

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the center of the tents, where ground has been set aside in the snow for a cortile, those not on duty huddle round with our letters from Italy.
    • Inside the buildings, slender supporting columns under canopies of steel tubing recover for him the primeval notion of sheltering trees, and a full-scale mock-up in the cortile gives the impression of a delicate forest.
    • The precious fragments were taken first to his villa, but soon given to the Roman people and transferred to the cortile of the Palazzo dei Conservatori.
    • The significance of this unusually shaped cortile, heretofore not fully understood, is the topic of this article.

Origin

Italian, derivative of corte ‘court’.

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