pavilion

英 [pə'vɪljən] 美 [pə'vɪlɪən]

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※ 提供单词"pavilion"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

pavilion 亭，阁，华美建筑

来自古法语paveillon,蝴蝶，大帐篷，华美帐篷，来自拉丁语papilio,蝴蝶，词源同papillon.后用于指华美的建筑，因其如蝴蝶的展开翅膀而得名，后用于指亭，阁。

pavilion: pavilion: [13] Pavilion got its name because some anonymous ancient Roman was reminded by a tent, with its two ‘wings’ spread out from a central crosspiece, of a ‘butterfly’. Latin for ‘butterfly’ was pāpiliō (a word of unknown origin), which hence came to be used for ‘tent’. English acquired it via Old French pavillon.
pavilion (n.): c. 1200, "large, stately tent," from Old French paveillon "large tent; butterfly" (12c.), from Latin papilionem (nominative papilio) "butterfly, moth," in Medieval Latin "tent" (see papillon); the type of tent so called on resemblance to wings. Meaning "open building in a park, etc., used for shelter or entertainment" is attested from 1680s.

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2. The pavilion has become a £4 million steel and glass white elephant.: 这个耗资400万英镑、用钢与玻璃所构筑起的亭子已经成了一个华而不实的摆设。