They sat in the arbor and chatted over tea. 他们坐在凉亭里,边喝茶边聊天。
A ceiling of leaves over the arbor. 凉亭上面的树叶顶篷
Let's have a rest under the arbor. 咱们在凉亭下休憩一下吧。
arbor
[ noun ]
tree (as opposed to shrub)
<noun.plant>
any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
<noun.artifact>
a framework that supports climbing plants
<noun.artifact> the arbor provided a shady resting place in the park
Arbor \Ar"bor\, n. [OE. herber, herbere, properly a garden of herbs, F. herbier, fr. L. herbarium. See {Herb}, and cf. {Herbarium}.] A kind of latticework formed of, or covered with, vines, branches of trees, or other plants, for shade; a bower. --Sir P. Sidney.
Arbor \Ar"bor\, n. [Written also arbour.] [L., a tree, a beam.] 1. (Bot.) A tree, as distinguished from a shrub.
2. [Cf. F. arbre.] (Mech.) (a) An axle or spindle of a wheel or opinion. (b) A mandrel in lathe turning. --Knight.
Rosa chinensis 'Old Blush,' "an exciting new arrival, and a change from the 'old-fashioned' roses which had come from Europe earlier" shares the arbor.
But the average arbor dweller could easily miss the request, buried as it is beneath fliers and business cards advertising the services of crystal channelers, aura cleansers, rebirthers, energy balancers and whole-body therapists.