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ranch house

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˈranch house noun [countable]  1. American EnglishDHH a house built on one level, usually with a roof that does not slope very much 〔一般屋顶坡度不大的〕平房,牧场式住宅 bungalow4  See picture of 见图 HOUSE5 see picture at 见图 house12. DHHa house on a ranch in which the rancher lives 牧场主住宅
Examples from the Corpus
ranch houseThere was a four-bedroom ranch house and a big pond, almost a lake.A full eighteen minutes after I turned in at the Gibbs Ranch sign I find the ranch house.After the cattle guard, stay to the left and away from the ranch house.The office was in a section of the ranch house.Summertime Peter glided easily to a gentle landing on the lush green lawn outside the ranch house.He eased the Land-Rover off the road and up to the ranch house.The ranch house that still stands and is the heart of the site was built in 1928.The ranch house, corral and outbuildings have been restored and contain exhibits, photographs and period furniture.
ˈranch house nounChineseSyllable
a on one Corpus level, built house


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ranch house
ˈranch house noun [countable]
1. American English a house built on one level, usually with a roof that does not slope very much ⇨ bungalow
2. a house on a ranch in which the rancher lives


ranch houseBrE /ˈrɑːntʃ haʊs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈræntʃ haʊs/ 🔊 nouna house on a ranch 农场庄园;牧场住宅(NAmE) a house built all on one level, that is very wide but not very deep from front to back and has a roof that is not very steep 平房住宅(矮屋顶单层,开敞长方形)   compare bungalow (1)