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(屋顶斜坡上凸出之)天窗,老虎窗
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Dormer \Dor"mer\, or Dormer window \Dor"mer win"dow\, n.
[Literally, the window of a sleeping apartment. F. dormir to
sleep. See {Dormant}, a. & n.] (Arch.)
A window pierced in a roof, and so set as to be vertical
while the roof slopes away from it. Also, the gablet, or
houselike structure, in which it is contained.
资料来源 : WordNet®
dormer
n : a gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to
accommodate a vertical window [syn: {dormer window}]