| 单词 | pied-a-terre |
| 释义 | pied-a-terre (once / 274868 pages) n When your friend talks about his pied-a-terre in the city, it's just his fancy way of mentioning the apartment he keeps there to stay in from time to time. This borrowing from French, literally "foot on ground," designates a small second home. Dictionaries are in general content to stop their explanation of the origins of pied-a-terre by simply translating it, as if this were sufficient to explain how it inherited this meaning. On the other hand, it would hardly be a home if you didn't have your foot on the ground there some time. WORD FAMILYpied-a-terre USAGE EXAMPLESThey both use the New York apartment as a pied-à-terre. Wall Street Journal(Dec 15, 2016) Mr. Liu travels to New York frequently and will use the apartment as a pied-a-terre for himself and his family, Mr. Hu said. Wall Street Journal(Oct 24, 2016) Something bigger was afoot that afternoon than a wealthy New Yorker returning to his pied-à-terre. Slate(Sep 29, 2016) n lodging for occasional or secondary use they bought a pied-a-terre in London Hyper housing, living accommodations, lodging structures collectively in which people are housed |
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