bower: [OE] A bower was originally simply a place where one lived; the modern connotation of a ‘secluded arbour’ did not become fully established until the 16th century. Old English būr came from West and North Germanic *būraz or *būram, a derivative of the prolific base *bü- ‘dwell’, which also produced be, boor, booth, bound ‘intending to go’, build, burly, byelaw, byre, and the -bour of neighbour. => be, boor, booth, build, burly, byre, neighbour
bower (n.)
Old English bur "room, hut, dwelling, chamber," from Proto-Germanic *buraz (cognates: Old Norse bur "chamber," Swedish bur "cage," Old High German bur "dwelling, chamber," German Bauer "birdcage"), from *bu- "to dwell," from PIE root *bheue- "to be, exist, dwell" (see be). Modern spelling developed after mid-14c. Sense of "leafy arbor" (place closed in by trees) is first attested 1520s. Hence, too, Australia's bower-bird (1847).
中文解释
bower：保我。它能保我一时之清凉——凉亭，树阴下凉快之处。
实用例句
1. They sat under the leafy bower at the end of the garden and watched the sun set.
他们坐在花园尽头由叶子搭成的凉棚下观看落日.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. Mrs. Quilp was pining in her bower.
奎尔普太太正在她的闺房里度着愁苦的岁月.
来自辞典例句
3. She rolls the curtain up and light comes in her bower.
玉户帘中卷不去.
来自互联网
4. To enclose in or as if in a bower; embower.
处于或似处于凉亭中; 用凉亭遮茵.
来自互联网
5. Lucy arranged her bower and put on her best white frock.
