bungalow

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bun·ga·low /ˈbʌŋɡələʊ $ -loʊ/ ●○○ noun [countable]  1. British EnglishTBBHOME a house that is all on ground level 平房 →4  See picture of 见图 HOUSE 1 →5 see picture at 见图 house12. American EnglishTBBHOME a small house that is often on one level 单层小屋

Examples from the Corpus

bungalow• Bungalow refusal: Plans to build three bungalows at Village Farm, Trimdon, have been refused.• A settlement of flats and bungalows house about 20 senior citizens, with a resident warden.• Other rooms and bungalows range up to $ 3,000 a night.• More than 600 people were evacuated from their homes in Norfolk and eight bungalows collapsed after the sea washed away their foundations.• Through the bedroom window, Converse could see Mr Roche hosing down the lawn behind his bungalow.• He and his wife lived in a modern bungalow on the outskirts of the city.• As she nears Greg's father's bungalow, she sees the blue transit drive away.• Koju drove implacably on until we reached our destination Baabara, a cluster of old stone bungalows.Origin bungalow (1600-1700) Hindi bangla “(house) in the Bengal style”

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bungalow
bun‧ga‧low /ˈbʌŋɡələʊ $ -loʊ/ noun [countable]
1. British English a house that is all on ground level
2. American English a small house that is often on one level
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ house a building that someone lives in, especially one that is intended for one family, person, or couple to live in: Annie and Rick have just bought their first house. | The price of houses is going up all the time.
   ▪ detached house British English a house that is not joined to another house: a detached four-bedroomed house
   ▪ semi-detached house British English a house that is joined to another house on one side
   ▪ terraced house British English, row house American English one of a row of houses that are joined together
   ▪ townhouse one of a row of houses that are joined together. In British English, townhouse is often used about a large and impressive house in a fashionable area of a city: an 18th-century townhouse in Bath
   ▪ cottage a small house in the country – used especially about houses in the UK: a little cottage in the country | a thatched cottage (=with a roof made of straw)
   ▪ bungalow a small house that is all on one level: Bungalows are suitable for many elderly people.
   ▪ country house a large house in the countryside, especially one that is of historical interest: The hotel was originally an Edwardian country house.
   ▪ mansion a very large house: the family’s Beverly Hills mansion
   ▪ mobile home (also trailer American English) a type of house that can be pulled by a large vehicle and moved to another place
   ▪ ranch house American English a long narrow house that is all on one level: a California ranch house
   ▪ duplex American English a house that is divided into two separate homes

bun·ga·lowBrE /ˈbʌŋɡələʊ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbʌŋɡəloʊ/ 🔊 noun

(BrE) a house built all on one level, without stairs 平房  ➡  compare ranch house (2) (in some Asian countries) a large house, sometimes on more than one level, that is not joined to another house on either side （某些亚洲国家的）平房，独座房屋