porch
noun/pɔːtʃ/
/pɔːrtʃ/
- a small area at the entrance to a building, such as a house or a church, that is covered by a roof and often has walls
enlarge image门廊；门厅 - She stood in the porch and rang the doorbell.
她站在门廊上按响了门铃。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- entrance
- church
- back
- …
- door
- light
- in the porch
- She stood in the porch and rang the doorbell.
- (North American English) (also veranda, verandah (both especially British English))a platform with an open front and a roof, built onto the side of a house on the ground floor
（房屋底层有顶半敞的）走廊，游廊 - They were sitting out on the porch in the cool evening air.
在傍晚的凉爽空气中，他们坐在门廊里。
Extra Examples- After dinner we sat on the front porch and talked for hours.
晚饭后，我们坐在门廊聊了好几个小时。 - The screened porch looks across the backyard into the woods.
屏蔽门廊可以看到后院对面的树林。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- back
- front
- side
- …
- step
- light
- swing
- …
- on the porch
- They were sitting out on the porch in the cool evening air.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French porche, from Latin porticus ‘colonnade’, from porta ‘passage’.