| 单词 | villa |
| 释义 | villa (once / 970 pages) n If you don't want to sound like a snob, don't describe your family's house in the country as a villa. A villa is a fancy vacation home. Calling your weekend country house a villa will inevitably sound like you're showing off. Still, the word has been around ever since ancient Roman times to mean "country house for the elite." In Italian, villa means "country house or farm." Most villas include a large amount of land and often barns, garages, or other outbuildings as well. WORD FAMILYvilla: villas USAGE EXAMPLESSoon after arriving at Il Borghino we hit the villa’s yoga room, a subterranean space whose long window looks into a mosaic-tiled swimming pool. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) My friends run a collection of villas there, and I cooked for 25 or so of my musician and chef friends.” New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) Accommodations are in a 3,100-square-foot villa with a pool. New York Times(Dec 16, 2016) 1n country house in ancient Rome consisting of residential quarters and farm buildings around a courtyard Hyper country house a house (usually large and impressive) on an estate in the country 2n pretentious and luxurious country residence with extensive grounds Hyper country house a house (usually large and impressive) on an estate in the country 3n detached or semidetached suburban house Hyper house a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families Villa (once / 1145 pages) n WORD FAMILY Villa: Villas USAGE EXAMPLESWhile I was outside the ground sampling the special atmosphere created by the arriving home fans, the away fans from Villa were brought in. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) Firefighters arrived to find a fire in one unit of the 26-unit Sunrise Inn Villas and Suites, in the 900 block of 20th Street. Seattle Times(Dec 25, 2016) The biggest capitulation for a Christmas leader was from Aston Villa in 1998-99, when they dropped from first to sixth. BBC(Dec 18, 2016) n Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923) Syn|Exp Doroteo Arango, Francisco Villa, Pancho Villa revolutionary, revolutionist, subversive, subverter a radical supporter of political or social revolution |
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