December 8, 2008

Canopy



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canopy

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–noun 
1. a covering, usually of fabric, supported on poles or suspended above a bed, throne, exalted personage, or sacred object. 

2. an overhanging projection or covering, as a long canvas awning (涼篷,雨篷) stretching from the doorway of a building to a curb. (邊欄)

3. an ornamental, rooflike projection or covering. 

4. Also called crown canopy, crown cover. the cover formed by the leafy upper branches of the trees in a forest

5. the sky.
6. the part of a parachute that opens up and fills with air, usually made of nylon or silk.
7. the transparent cover over the cockpit of an airplane. 

–verb (used with object) 
8. to cover with or as with a canopy: [Branches] canopied the road. 



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"A [grand] mystery reaching back centuries. A sensational disappearance that made headlines around the world. A quest for truth that leads to death, madness or disappearance for those who seek to solve it. The Lost City of Z is a blockbuster adventure narrative about what lies beneath the impenetrable [jungle] canopy of the Amazon. 

After stumbling upon a [hidden] trove of diaries, acclaimed New Yorker writer David Grann set out to solve "the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century": What happened to the British explorer Percy Fawcett and his quest for the Lost City of Z?

trove
–noun 
1. a collection 
of 
objects.
2. treasure-trove (def. 2).  


facade [fuh-sahd]
mezzanine
parochial 
ecumenical Dissipate

marquee
tormentor proscenium

cubicle mural
attic
veranda
Tony








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