a covered passage with arches along the side of a row of buildings (usually a row of shops) Topics Buildingsc2拱廊,拱廊通道(常指一排商店门前的带顶走道) a covered passage between streets, with shops on either side 拱廊商店街(设于两街之间,两侧均有商店) - (also shopping arcade)(both British English)
a large building with a number of shops in it Topics Buildingsc2商场;购物中心;商业中心 - (British English also amusement arcade)
a place where you can play games on machines which you use coins to operate 游戏机厅;电动游乐场 arcade games 游戏机室游戏
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French, from Provençal arcada or Italian arcata, based on Latin arcus ‘bow’.