His desk was in an alcove to one side of the chimney. 他的书桌在一间凹室内,一边是烟囱。
alcove
[ noun ] a small recess opening off a larger room <noun.artifact>
Alcove \Al"cove\ (?; 277), n. [F. alc[^o]ve, Sp. or Pg. alcoba, from Ar. al-quobbah arch, vault, tent.] 1. (Arch.) A recessed portion of a room, or a small room opening into a larger one; especially, a recess to contain a bed; a lateral recess in a library.
2. A small ornamental building with seats, or an arched seat, in a pleasure ground; a garden bower. --Cowper.
3. Any natural recess analogous to an alcove or recess in an apartment.
The youthful wanderers found a wild alcove. --Falconer.
The chair was in a hallway alcove adjoining her office and was walled off on three sides by doors that were propped up against it.
It picks out the bust of Richard Nixon, tucked away in an alcove off the Senate floor along with those of others who presided over the Senate as vice president.
In the Boston's South End, a book and sweater scrunched on top of a stove in an alcove built of discarded appliances alerted Weintraub's three-person group to signs of occupancy.
In contrast, Shintaro Miyawaki, the artist for one of the most controversial manga, works alone in a cluttered alcove of the four-room apartment he shares with his wife, his mother-in-law and his two daughters.
They slept behind a curtain in an alcove off the living room.