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单词 apartments
释义

apartment

noun

apart·​ment ə-ˈpärt-mənt How to pronounce apartment (audio)
plural apartments
1
: a room or set of rooms fitted especially with housekeeping facilities and usually leased as a dwelling
2
: a building containing several individual apartments
3
British : a large and impressive room or set of rooms
usually plural
Assured that the Queen and Prince Philip had retired to bed, Mr Hillyard tried to pass through the Royal apartments as the train left Aberdeen on its journey to London. Jonathan Petre
apartmental
ə-ˌpärt-ˈmen-tᵊl How to pronounce apartment (audio)
adjective

Synonyms

  • diggings [chiefly British]
  • digs
  • flat [chiefly British]
  • lodgings
  • suite
  • tenement
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Example Sentences

We lived in an apartment for several years before buying a house. a spacious six-room apartment that occupies the entire upper floor of a two-family house
Recent Examples on the Web The three spent more time in the car with the A/C on to keep the dog from panting in thestuffy apartment. Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022 According to plans shared with Vogue Business, the development will act as the private design studios and office space for the KidSuper brand, as well as Dillane’s painting studio and apartment. Luke Leitch, Vogue, 7 Sep. 2022 Though apartment living was already common in Madrid and Barcelona in the late nineteenth century, the piso is indelibly associated with the huge migrations from the countryside to the provincial capitals after the Spanish Civil War. Adrian Nathan West, The New York Review of Books, 7 Sep. 2022 The timeline lists the fall of 2026 for the hotel and apartment units to open. Shonda Novak, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2022 In late August, Pima County constable Deborah Martinez-Garibay, an apartment complex employee and a resident were killed in Tucson when a tenant was served an eviction notice. Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic, 6 Sep. 2022 Like an increasing number of apartment developers, Optima provides its residents, many of whom work from home, with high-tech conference rooms and a business center, among many other amenities. Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022 Some of these hairless breeds are smaller cats perfect for apartment-living, such as a Devon Rex who will stay small, while others can grow to be up to 14 pounds. Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 6 Sep. 2022 On that day he was arrested, a search of Blackwin’s Judson Street apartment netted about 300 grams of fentanyl, 600 grams of heroin, 100 grams of crack, 500 grams of cocaine, and other drugs, the statement said. Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

French appartement, from Italian appartamento

First Known Use

circa 1645, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

apartment

noun

apart·​ment ə-ˈpärt-mənt How to pronounce apartment (audio)
: a room or set of rooms rented as a home

apartments

noun

plural of apartment
1
as in penthouses
a room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place a spacious six-room apartment that occupies the entire upper floor of a two-family house

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • penthouses
  • condominiums
  • lodgings
  • flats
  • suites
  • tenements
  • condos
  • studios
  • digs
  • duplexes
  • maisonettes
  • saloons
  • efficiencies
  • garden apartments
  • flatlets
  • bedsits
  • studio apartments
  • duplex apartments
  • efficiency apartments
  • salons
  • diggings
  • railroad flats
  • triplexes
  • wings
  • apartment houses
  • apartment buildings
  • granny flats
  • condominia
  • walk-ups
  • galleries
  • tenement houses
  • cohousings
  • bed-sitting-room
  • bed-sitters
  • floor-throughs
2
as in rooms
an area within a building that has been set apart from surrounding space by a wall the museum sets aside this large central apartment to display special exhibitions

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • rooms
  • chambers
  • cabins
  • cells
  • accommodations
  • closets
  • alcoves
  • compartments
  • bays
  • cubicles
  • berths
  • booths
  • nooks
  • niches
  • snuggeries
  • recesses
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