gondola
/ˈgɒndələ/noun
1- a light flat-bottomed boat used on Venetian canals, having a high point at each end and worked by one oar at the stern凤尾船, 小划船（见于威尼斯运河中的轻便平底船, 两头尖而上翘, 通过船尾单桨行进）。
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- a cabin on a suspended ski lift（送滑雪者上坡的）吊舱; 吊椅。
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- （亦作gondola car）N. Amer. an open railway freight wagon〈北美〉（铁路上的）敞篷货车。
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- an enclosed compartment suspended from an airship or balloon（飞艇或气球下封闭的）吊舱, 吊篮。
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- Brit. a free-standing block of shelves used to display goods in a supermarket〈英〉（超市中独立式的）货架。
词源
mid 16th cent.: from Venetian Italian, from Rhaeto-Romance gondolà 'to rock, roll'.