mansion
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++man·sion /ˈmænʃən/ ●●○ noun [countable] 1 TBa very large house 宅第，公馆；大厦 a beautiful country mansion 漂亮的乡村宅第 →5 see picture at 见图 house12 Mansions used in Britain in the names of some apartment buildings 公寓〔英国用于公寓楼名〕 19 Carlyle Mansions 卡莱尔公寓19号
Examples from the Corpus
mansion• an eleven-bedroom mansion in Hancock Park• Wakehurst Place is a beautiful Elizabethan mansion known primarily for its exotic gardens.• About 200 yards from his mansion, in an old barn, he even kept an armored personnel carrier.• Great limestone mansions were rising in New York.• a magnificent mansion set in 2000 acres of countryside• This old mansion became a large hospital.• Once a private mansion, it is a classic hotel in the best tradition.• The design organization previously cosponsored annual home tours with the San Diego Historical Society, usually at historic sites and suburban mansions.Origin mansion (1300-1400) Old French Latin mansio, from manere; → MANORman·sion nounChineseSyllable
a large very house Corpus
mansion
man‧sion /ˈmænʃən/
noun [countable]1. a very large house:
a beautiful country mansion
2. Mansions used in Britain in the names of some apartment buildings:
19 Carlyle Mansions
▪ 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
man‧sion /ˈmænʃən/
noun [countable]1. a very large house: 2. Mansions used in Britain in the names of some apartment buildings:
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