a covered passage with arches along the side of a row of buildings (usually a row of shops) 拱廊，拱廊通道（常指一排商店门前的带顶走道） a covered passage between streets, with shops on either side 拱廊商店街（设于两街之间，两侧均有商店） 
- (also shopping arcade)(both British English)
a large building with a number of shops in it 商场；购物中心；商业中心 - (British English also amusement arcade)
a place where you can play games on machines which you use coins to operate 游戏机厅；电动游乐场 arcade games 游戏机室游戏
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French, from Provençal arcada or Italian arcata, based on Latin arcus ‘bow’.