真没想到荫蔽(荫蔽的意思)

If you visited someone’s bower a millennium ago， you’d likely have found

 

Word of the Day: May 23, 2023bower阴凉处；荫蔽；凉亭；亭子noun /BOW-er/ [ˈbaʊər]wd20230523.mp32:00来自E语TongWhat It Means

Bower is a literary word that usually refers to a garden shelter made with tree boughs or vines twined together.

Bower 文学词汇，指的是用树枝或藤蔓缠绕而成的亭子BOWER in Context“Today, a café occupies part of the ground floor, its tables and chairs distributed under a leafy 。

bower on the veranda.” — Samanth Subramanian, The New York Times, 9 June 2022“今天，一家咖啡馆一层的一部分桌椅，布置在阳台上绿树成荫的凉亭下。

”Resting in the shade of the bower was the perfect way to cool off during the hot summer afternoon.在炎热的夏日午后，在凉亭的阴凉处休息是消暑的最佳方式。

Did You Know?If you visited someone’s bower a millennium ago, you’d likely have found yourself at an attractive rustic cottage. A few centuries later, a visit to a bower could have involved a peek into a lady’s personal hideaway within a medieval castle or hall—that is, her private apartment. Both meanings hark back to the word’s ancient roots: it comes from Old English

būr, meaning “dwelling.” Today, bower is more familiar as a word for a garden shelter made with tree boughs or vines twined together, a meaning that overlaps with that of

arbor. (The adjective bowery, meaning “like a bower” or “full of bowers” is used to describe areas that resemble or are filled with these leafy pergola-like structures).

Bower also features in the name of bowerbirds, any of approximately 20 different bird species native to Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands, the males of which build more-or-less elaborate structures using twigs, moss, and other plant materials to woo potential mates during courtship.

如果您造访某人的凉亭，您很可能会发现自己置身于一座迷人的乡村小屋中 几个世纪后，a visit to a bower 可能意味着窥视一位女士在中世纪城堡内的私人空间——that is, her private apartment。

这两种含义都可以追溯到它古老词根：来自古英语 būr，意思是“dwelling「住宅」” 今天，bower 是用树枝或藤蔓缠绕在一起制成的花园亭，其含义与 arbor 的含义重叠 （形容词 bowery，意思是“like a bower”或“full of bowers”，用于描述类似或大部分都是这种多叶凉棚状结构的区域）。

Bower 也是园丁鸟的命名，园丁鸟是分布在澳大利亚、新几内亚及附近岛屿原产的大约 20 种不同的鸟类中的任何一种，其中的雄性园丁鸟用树枝、苔藓和其他植物材料建造精细的巢来吸引求偶的伴侣Name That Synonym

Unscramble the letters to reveal a word that can refer to the uppermost spreading branchy layer of a forest: PAYONC.

canopy

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