carrel
英['k?r(?)l]
美['k?r?l]
- n. 小閱讀室
中文詞源
carrel 圖書館小隔間
可能來自PIE *sker, 圍，轉，詞源同ring, curve. -el, 小詞后綴。指圍起來的小塊空間。
英文詞源
- carrel (n.)
- 1590s, "study in a cloister," from Medieval Latin carula "small study in a cloister," which is of unknown origin; perhaps from Latin corolla "little crown, garland," used in various senses of "ring" (for example, a c. 1330 description of Stonehenge: "tis Bretons renged about te feld, te karole of te stones beheld"); extended to precincts and spaces enclosed by rails, etc. Specific sense of "private cubicle in a library" is from 1919.
雙語例句
- 1. He then returned to his carrel for his own research.
- 他接著就回到卡座去作自己的研究.
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