dovecote
/duhv-koht/US // ˈdʌvˌkoʊt //UK // (ˈdʌvˌkəʊt) //
鸽子窝,鸽子房,鸽子笼,鸽子屋
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a structure, usually at a height above the ground, for housing domestic pigeons.
Examples
To eastward and to westward have spread the Tuscan bands; Nor house, nor fence, nor dovecote in Crustumerium stands.
We jostled the loungers in a low-caste drinking shop and pushed on to a dark stair that rose like the ladder of a dovecote.
The dovecote is in the background, in the foreground the pretty French maid feeding the pretty pigeons.
They went into a deserted dovecote, where they found nothing but a basin full of water and a basket full of vetch.
Not ever the butcher or the baker or the candlestick-maker forced an entrance to that innocent dovecote.
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