arcade

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Related topics: Architecture, Buildings, Trade, Leisure

ar·cade /ɑːˈkeɪd $ ɑːr-/ noun [countableC]

1. AATBBa covered passage at the side of a row of buildings with pillars and arches supporting it on one side 拱廊

2. ROAD/PATHSHOP/STOREa covered passage between two streets with shops on each side of it 〔两旁设有商店的〕拱廊式街道

3. British EnglishBrE (also shopping arcade)BBTSHOP/STORE a large building or part of a building where there are many shops 室内购物商场

4 DLan amusement arcade 电子游戏厅；电玩城

arcade games

游戏厅的电子游戏

Examples from the Corpus

arcade• For all the hype, this is really just a glorified amusement arcade with a few virtual-reality rides thrown in.• From here, you couldn't hear the amusement arcades or the bingo callers.• At arcade level, lie the tombs of past Bohemian kings.• Inside appears the three-storeyed division of ground floor arcade, triforium and clerestory.• There is a tall nave arcade and no clerestory.• The cathedral has the traditional triforium arcade with two round arches under one larger one per bay and clerestory windows above.

Origin arcade

(1700-1800) French Italian arcata, from arca “arch”

ar·cade noun

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