I am a Clark Gable nut: I have seen all his films. 我是克拉克·盖博的影迷,我看过他演的所有影片。
I am a Clark Gable nut: I have seen all his films. 我是克拉克·博的影迷,我看过他演的所有影片。
I don't like the ugly look of that hole in the gable. 我不喜欢山墙上的那个难看的窟窿。
gable
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the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof
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United States film actor (1901-1960)
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Gable \Ga"ble\, n. A cable. [Archaic] --Chapman.
Gable \Ga"ble\, n. [OE. gable, gabil, F. gable, fr. LL. gabalum front of a building, prob. of German or Scand. origin; cf. OHG. gibil, G. giebel gable, Icel. gafl, Goth. gibla pinnacle; perh. akin to Gr. ? head, and E. cephalic, or to G. gabel fork, AS. geafl, E. gaffle, L. gabalus a kind of gallows.] (Arch.) (a) The vertical triangular portion of the end of a building, from the level of the cornice or eaves to the ridge of the roof. Also, a similar end when not triangular in shape, as of a gambrel roof and the like. Hence: (b) The end wall of a building, as distinguished from the front or rear side. (c) A decorative member having the shape of a triangular gable, such as that above a Gothic arch in a doorway.
{Bell gable}. See under {Bell}.
{Gable roof}, a double sloping roof which forms a gable at each end.
{Gable wall}. Same as {Gable} (b) .
{Gable window}, a window in a gable.
The new entrance facade of Moore Institute was originally the naked cut-off gable end of a partly demolished row of houses.