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- a pleasant shady place under trees or climbing plants in a garden or wood树荫处。
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- poetic/ literary a summer house or country cottage〈诗/文〉避暑别墅; 村舍。
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- poetic/literary a lady's private room or bedroom〈诗/文〉卧室; 闺房。
with obj.
- poetic/literary shade or enclose (a place or person)〈诗/文〉遮蔽; 围绕：
as adj. bowered the bowered pathways into the tangle of vines.通往蔓藤棚下的林荫小道。
词源
Old English būr 'dwelling, inner room', of Germanic origin; related to German Bauer 'birdcage'.