mansion
pronunciation
UK [ˈmænʃn]
US [ˈmænʃn]
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- n.
- 大厦
- 宅第，公馆
Word Origin
mansion 公馆，宅第
来自拉丁语manere,停留，来自PIE*men,停留，等待，固定，词源同remain,permanent,manor.-se,过去分词后缀，-ion,名词后缀。引申词义家园，住所，后特别用于指大型庄园，公馆，宅第等。
Example
- 1. Marla had a hard time getting through the mansion 's gates .
- 玛拉在穿过宅邸大门的时候度过了一段艰难的时光。
- 2. He declined the governor 's mansion and slept on a mattress in a rented flat .
- 他谢绝州长宅邸，睡在一套租来公寓的床垫上。
- 3. Marla could have gone to court , but she wasn 't going to sue the mansion and little sister .
- 玛拉可以去法庭的提起诉讼的，但她不打算控告这座宅邸以及妹妹。
- 4. Despite its overall size , the mansion 's living area occupied just five small rooms and two modest bathrooms .
- 尽管总面积很大，但官邸的起居区域只有五个小房间和两个不大的浴室。
- 5. In 2008 the texas governor 's mansion , in downtown austin , was badly damaged in an apparent act of arson .
- 2008年，位于奥斯丁市区的德州州长官邸在一次明显的人为纵火中遭受严重破坏。
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