- (especially British English) (North American English usually porch)
a platform with an open front and a roof, built onto the side of a house on the ground floor （房屋底层有顶半敞的）走廊，游廊 - (Australian English, New Zealand English)
a roof over the part of the street where people walk in front of a shop （店铺面街上方的）遮檐
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from Hindi varaṇḍā, from Portuguese varanda ‘railing’.