townhouse

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town·house /ˈtaʊnhaʊs/ noun [countable]  1. TBBa house in a town or city, especially a fashionable one in a central area 市镇住宅〔尤指市镇中心区的新式住宅〕2  TBB British English a house in a town that belongs to someone who also owns a house in the countryside 〔在乡间拥有住所者的〕市内住宅 the Duke’s townhouse in Mayfair 公爵在梅费尔的市内住宅3. American EnglishTBB a house in a group of houses that share one or more walls 〔共用边墙的〕排屋，连栋房屋

Examples from the Corpus

townhouse• Nielsen now manages several 100 apartments and townhouses, most in Manhattan, with a smattering in Brooklyn.• Old buildings were knocked down, and new apartments and townhouses built.• The family moved into the Mayberry Estates townhouse complex last November.• Mark's Place, a tree-lined street filled with oversized townhouses.• They had restored townhouses with a vengeance.• Dark flakes of snow tumbled past the candlelit windows of the Countess of Ratho's townhouse in Charlotte Square.• It overlooked an alley, and the bay windows were sun-blocked by the townhouse at 93.• Then the townhouses give way to dowdy apartment complexes with grimy windows facing the street.

town·house nounChineseSyllable  

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townhouse
town‧house /ˈtaʊnhaʊs/ noun [countable]
1. a house in a town or city, especially a fashionable one in a central area
2. British English a house in a town that belongs to someone who also owns a house in the countryside:
    the Duke’s townhouse in Mayfair
3. American English a house in a group of houses that share one or more walls
     

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