[每日] alfresco (a) 露天的
Word of the Day (Saturday October 18, 2008)
alfresco \al-FRES-koh\, adverb:
Pronunciation:
1. In the open air; outdoors.
adjective:
1. Taking place or located in the open air; outdoor.
Turner escaped from the entangled politics of London's art world,
where the Royal Academy was marooned in petty disputes, to paint
alfresco on the riverbanks.
-- Siri Huntoon, "Down by the Riverside", New York Times,
November 7, 1993
Outdoor sitting areas all have LAN connections, so that employees
can work alfresco.
-- Scott Kirsner, "Digital Competition - Laurie A. Tucker", Fast
Company, December 1999
I sailed past alfresco cafes filled with young people reading the
paper, past restaurants doing a thriving brunch business, and
ended up dropping down a fairly steep hill to the water yet again,
on an obscure street that ended near a big factory.
-- Gary Kamiya, "An ode to Sydney", Salon, September 27, 2000
Alfresco is from the Italian al fresco, "in the fresh (air)," from
al, "in the" (a, "to, in" + il, "the") + fresco, "fresh."
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