sill
sill 英 [sɪl] 美 [sɪl]
n. 窗台；基石；门槛；[海洋] 海底山脊
名词复数:sills
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- n. 窗台；基石；门槛；[海洋] 海底山脊
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1. Once a bird died on the sill and they spent the entire day in the pantry.
有一次，一只鸟死在了窗台上，他们整整一天都躲在厨房的储藏室里。
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2. A book lay spread on the sill before her, and the scarcely perceptible wind fluttered its leaves at intervals.
一本书摆在她面前的窗台上，打开着，简直令人感觉不到的风间或掀动着书页。
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3. Never one to ignore her mother's advice, Ellie dug up the candles, lit them, said the blessings, placed the menorah on her window sill and spent the rest of the evening in her room studying.
没有人能无视来自内心的建议，于是艾莉找到蜡烛，把它们点上，嘴里感谢着上帝的赐福，把烛台放在了窗台上，然后学习了整个晚上。
- sill (n.) Old English syll "beam, threshold, large timber serving as a foundation of a wall," from Proto-Germanic *suljo (source also of Old Norse svill, Swedish syll, Danish syld "framework of a building," Middle Low German sull, Old High German swelli, German Schwelle "sill"), perhaps from PIE root *swel- (3) "post, board" (source also of Greek selma "beam"). Meaning "lower horizontal part of a window opening" is recorded from early 15c.
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