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单词 semi-detached
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semi-detachedadj.n.

Etymology: semi- prefix 1a.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˌsemi-deˈtached.
A. adj.
a. Partially detached.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > [adjective] > partially detached
semi-detached1859
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [adjective] > house of specific shape or style
back-to-back1626
detached1706
self-contained1767
ground-floored1824
semi-detached1859
bungaloid1927
bi-level1929
one-up, one-down1933
blind back1937
terraced1958
tri-level1960
split entry1967
two-up two-down1973
1859 Archaeologia Cantiana 2 p. xxxix The foundations of the villa were very extensive including one semi-detached apartment.
1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands i. v. 93 Large semi-detached masses of rock.
1907 Daily Chron. 28 Oct. 7/4 The miserable semi-detached life you and I have been living.
b. spec. Designating either of a pair of houses joined together and forming a block by themselves.
ΚΠ
1859 E. Eden (title) The semi-detached house.
1871 Punch 9 Sept. 100/1 A lot of semi-detached Cockney villas.
1882 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 16 Sept. 517/1 No drain should pass beneath a detached or semi-detached house.
B. n.
A semi-detached house. colloquial.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > house of specific shape or style
hall-house1467
longhouse1643
bungalow1676
single housea1684
tower-house1687
villa1755
box1773
cottage orné1774
villarette1792
mews1805
cottage1808
terrace house1817
casita1822
villa dwelling1833
villa residence1833
box-house1846
six-roomer1853
terrace1854
tembe1860
moat house1871
parlour house1871
row house1871
salt-box1876
trullo1898
townhouse1900
colonial1903
semi1912
Cape Cod1916
bungaloid1927
semi-detached1928
ranchette1938
solar house1946
rambler1947
rancher1950
ranch1951
tunnel-back1957
sidesplit1958
two-up-and-two-downer1958
two-up two-down1958
semi-det1960
A-frame1963
townhouse1965
tri-level1965
link house1968
split1970
dormer bungalow1977
1928 D. H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover xi. 188 New little streets of semi-detacheds were run up.
1957 M. Potter & A. Potter Interiors 43/2 The garden city notions..blotting the green countryside everywhere with varieties of the popular ‘semi-detached’.
1979 C. Dexter Service of All Dead iii. 23 He'd found a quiet little semi-detached to rent.

Draft additions 1993

ˌsemi-deˈtachment n. the state or condition of being partially detached. Also transferred and figurative (in quot. 1859, punningly). rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > emotional detachment > partial
semi-detachment1859
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > house of specific shape or style > condition of
semi-detachment1859
1859 E. Eden Semi-Detached House i. 1 I should hate my semi-detachment, or whatever the occupants of the other half of the house may call themselves.
1963 Punch 16 Jan. 92/2 An alternative to murder or divorce is the well-known English semi-detachment.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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adj.n.1859
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