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housing estate

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˈhousing esˌtate British English, housing development American English noun [countable]  TBHOMEa large number of houses that have been built together in a planned way 〔经规划建造的〕住宅区 council house
Examples from the Corpus
housing estateFifty officers went on to a housing estate, forcing entry into several garages.Joanne was 4 years old and attended a private nursery in a private housing estate within a large city.The Manchester site, Collyhurst, is a post-war social housing estate on the north-east edge of the city centre.
ˈhousing esˌtate nounChineseSyllable
houses a large that number Corpus of have


housing estate
ˈhousing esˌtate British English, ˈhousing deˌvelopment American English noun [countable]
a large number of houses that have been built together in a planned way ⇨ council house


housing estateBrE /ˈhaʊzɪŋ ɪsteɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhaʊzɪŋ ɪsteɪt/ 🔊 (BrE) (also ˈhousing development NAmE, BrE ) nounan area in which a large number of houses or flats/apartments are planned and built together at the same time (统建的)住宅区,住宅群They live on a housing estate. 他们住在一个住宅区里。🔊🔊

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