portico

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We stood on the North Lawn gazing with wonder at her grand portico.
我們站在南草坪上驚奇地盯著白宮那巨大的圓柱門廊。
It was a low building, like a small convalescent home, with a driveway that passed under a portico.
那是一座低矮的樓房，就像一個小療養(yǎng)院，在門廊的下面有一條車道。
The first thing he did was create a proper entrance where a proper entrance should always have been: in the portico.
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原聲例句
There was such a large crowd that a ship's cable, a heavy rope, was stretched across the portico to separate the crowd from Jackson as he took the oath and delivered his inaugural address.

When I went out to the portico, the ramp rats were less circumspect.
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Before long, the portico was packed: tour bus groups, foreign sightseers, summer campers.
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a covered entrance to a building, usually a large and impressive building, that is supported by columns

A portico is a large covered area at the entrance to a building, with pillars supporting the roof.