Picture a small platform pushed out from the wall of a building, one floor or more above the ground, with a rail around it. You are outside the room but still attached to it, standing over everything below. That jutting-out perch is the picture both uses of balcony share.
可以想成從建築外牆推出去的一小塊平台，離地一層樓以上，四周圍著欄杆。你已經在房間外面，卻還連著這棟房子，整個人懸在下方的一切之上。balcony 的兩個用法，用的都是這個「凸出去、在上面」的畫面。
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
balconynoun/ˈbælkəni/
- 1
architectureAn accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window.
- I sprang a step forward; when two shadows were distinctly traced on the moonlit myrtle! Then two figures stood upon the balcony. A young cavalier jumped from the balustrade, and hurried down the path that led to the garden, where I well remember a gate opened on an unfrequented lane.
- The next day as the three travelers were approaching the town, Peter went out on the balcony to pray.
- 2
An accessible structure overlooking a stage or the like.
- Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。