lightwell

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An open shaft that transmits light from above into a staircase or an inner room.
    — In it a covered porch and vestibule were backed by a vertical shaft or "light-well," which served as a great window both to the vestibule itself, and to the corridors, staircases, and landings that connected it with the upper stories.

词形变化

lightwells plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der.
Proto-Germanic *leuhtaz
Proto-West Germanic *leuht
Old English lēoht
Middle English light
English light
English well
English lightwell
From light + well.
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