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patio

noun
🔊/ˈpætiəʊ/
🔊/ˈpætiəʊ/
(plural patios)
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  1. a flat hard area outside, and usually behind, a house where people can sit（房屋外面或后面的）露台，平台
    • on the patio Let's have lunch out on the patio.咱们在外面平台上吃午饭吧。🔊🔊
    Topics Gardensc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPatio is used before these nouns:
    • door
    • furniture
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    Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Spanish, denoting an inner courtyard.