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語源

Borrowed from Italian gondola, from Venetan góndoƚa. Possibly from Byzantine Greek κοντοῦρα (kontoûra, “cutter, kind of ship”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈɡɒn.də.lə/

名詞

gondola (plural gondolas or gondole)

1. A small long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, propelled with a single oar, especially in Venice.
2. A hanging platform or car for transporting people or cargo.
   1. An enclosed car attached to a cable mechanically lifted up the side of a mountain; an enclosed ski lift; a cable car.
   2. The car or basket of a hot-air balloon, airship, zeppelin, etc.
   3. The hanging cart in which a glass-cleaning worker stands to clean exterior glass on tall buildings.
   4. That part of a transporter bridge that carries passengers, vehicles, along the length of the bridge span.
3. (rail transport, US) A type of open railway car with low sides, used to carry heavy freight such as crushed rock or steel.

   Synonym: gondola car

   Hypernyms: freight car, goods wagon

   Coordinate term: hopper car

   • 1948, John Steinbeck, chapter 6, in A Russian Journal, page 118:

     The railroad track paralleled the road, and along the track we saw lines of burned-out gondolas and freight cars which had been fired and destroyed during the war.

4. A free-standing display unit in a supermarket or other retail store, where goods are shelved or hung on pegs or hooks for sale; An end bay; A parasite display.

同意語

• (rail transport): gondola car, gon
• (ski lift): cable car

派生語

• gondola lift

関連する語

• gondolier

動詞

gondola (third-person singular simple present gondolas, present participle gondolaing, simple past and past participle gondolaed)

1. To travel by gondola.

Gallery

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  a Venetian gondola
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  a rail transport gondola wagon
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  a modern airship gondola
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  a transporter bridge gondola
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  a ski lift gondola
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  a window cleaners' gondola

Further reading

• gondola (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• Dongola