| 单词 | abode |
| 释义 | abode (once / 344 pages) n Your abode is where you live. The Queen of England's abode may be far from humble, but it's the home where she rests her weary crown at the end of each day. Though it is often humble, as in, "Welcome to our humble abode," an abode is just a formal way of describing your home. A British solicitor (lawyer) would also use the word abode to describe his office, and if he worked from his home the word would cover both his work and his residence. Interestingly, if you were to substitute the o in the middle of the word for a c, you'd have the first five letters of the alphabet — abcde. WORD FAMILYabode: abodes USAGE EXAMPLESNaypyidaw, the grand but empty capital Myanmar’s generals built for themselves, means “abode of kings”, a hint at their aspirations. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) Andrew Saunders, 20, of no fixed abode, was later arrested, and then charged. BBC(Dec 19, 2016) A comfortable, luxurious maze of a place, steps from most of what you want to do in the Bard’s abode. Washington Post(Dec 15, 2016) 1n any address at which you dwell more than temporarily Syn|Hypo|Hyper residence domicile, legal residence (law) the residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to return; every person is compelled to have one and only one domicile at a time home, placewhere you live at a particular time home away from home, home from homea place where you are just as comfortable and content as if you were home address the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with 2n housing that someone is living in Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home Alhambra a fortified Moorish palace built near Granada by Muslim kings in the Middle Ages Lateran Palacea palace that served as the residence of the popes until the 14th century Tuileries Palacepalace and royal residence built for Catherine de Medicis in 1564 and burned down in 1871; all that remains today are the formal gardens Vatican Palacethe residence of the Catholic Pope in the Vatican City Palace of Versaillesa palace built in the 17th century for Louis XIV southwest of Paris near the city of Versailles White Housethe government building that serves as the residence and office of the President of the United States Buckingham Palacethe London residence of the British sovereign Mount Vernonthe former residence of George Washington in northeastern Virginia overlooking the Potomac river cliff dwelling a rock and adobe dwelling built on sheltered ledges in the sides of a cliff condo, condominiumone of the dwelling units in a condominium fixer-uppera house or other dwelling in need of repair (usually offered for sale at a low price) fireside, hearthhome symbolized as a part of the fireplace hermitagethe abode of a hermit homesteaddwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land housea dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families lake dwelling, pile dwellingdwelling built on piles in or near a lake; specifically in prehistoric villages indian lodge, lodgeany of various Native American dwellings messuage(law) a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household semi-detached housea dwelling that is attached to something on only one side vacation homea dwelling (a second home) where you live while you are on vacation yurta circular domed dwelling that is portable and self-supporting; originally used by nomadic Mongol and Turkic people of central Asia but now used as inexpensive alternative or temporary housing beach housea house built on or near a beach boarding house, boardinghousea private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests bungalow, cottagea small house with a single story cabina small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area chaleta Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house built in this style chapterhouse, frat house, fraternity housea house used as a residence by a chapter of a fraternity country housea house (usually large and impressive) on an estate in the country detached house, single dwellinga house that stands alone doll's house, dollhousea house so small that it is likened to a child's plaything duplex, duplex house, semidetached housea house with two units sharing a common wall farmhousehouse for a farmer and family gatehousea house built at a gateway; usually the gatekeeper's residence guesthousea house separate from the main house; for housing guests haciendathe main house on a ranch or large estate hogana Navajo lodge covered with earth; traditionally built with the entrance facing east hunting lodge, lodgea small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter lodging house, rooming housea house where rooms are rented maisonette, maisonnettea small house hall, manse, mansion, mansion house, residencea large and imposing house ranch housea one story house with a low pitched roof residencethe official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president) row house, town housea house that is one of a row of identical houses situated side by side and sharing common walls safe housea house used as a hiding place or refuge by members of certain organizations saltboxa type of house built in New England; has two stories in front and one behind adobe house, sod house, soddya house built of sod or adobe laid in horizontal courses solar housea house designed to use solar radiation for heating; usually has large areas of glass in front of heat-absorbing materials teepee, tepee, tipia Native American tent; usually of conical shape tract houseone of many houses of similar design constructed together on a tract of land villadetached or semidetached suburban house wickiup, wikiupa lodge consisting of a frame covered with matting or brush; used by nomadic American Indians in the southwestern United States wigwama Native American lodge frequently having an oval shape and covered with bark or hides housing, living accommodations, lodging structures collectively in which people are housed |
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