esplanade
[,esplә'neid]
n. 坦, 广场

1. I bought a ticket for a show at the Esplanade Arts Centre.
   买票,滨海艺看演.
2. The library@ esplanade is located on the third floor of the building.
   楼图书馆，专门借艺图书音像资。
3. There are outdoor performing centres, and retail and food space at the Esplanade Mall.
   还室演场零售店饮。

esplanade
[ noun ]
a long stretch of open level ground (paved or grassy) for walking beside the seashore
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Esplanade \Es`pla*nade"\, n. [F. esplanade, Sp. esplanada,
explanada, cf. It. spianata; fr. Sp. explanar to level, L.
explanare to flatten or spread out. See {Explain}.]
1. (Fort.)
(a) A clear space between a citadel and the nearest houses
of the town. --Campbell (Mil. Dict. ).
(b) The glacis of the counterscarp, or the slope of the
parapet of the covered way toward the country.

2. (Hort.) A grass plat; a lawn. --Simmonds.

3. Any clear, level space used for public walks or drives;
esp., a terrace by the seaside.