| 单词 | chalet |
| 释义 | chalet (once / 7720 pages) n A chalet is a style of house that's mainly found in the Swiss Alps. Most chalets are made of wood and have a very wide, heavy roof that slopes down. You might think of a chalet as a house you stay in during a ski vacation. Although chalets were originally the modest huts or cottages that Alpine herders lived in, over time the area became popular with skiers and vacationers, and chalet came to mean "mountainside holiday home." In Swiss-French, chalet means "herdsman's hut" or "Alpine cottage," from the Old French word chasel, "farmhouse." WORD FAMILYchalet: chalets USAGE EXAMPLESBeyond the barricades twinkled the sparkly lights on the roofs of little wooden chalets offering Glühwein. Economist(Dec 20, 2016) Two of four tented chalets on the banks of the Kafue River are already open, with another two opening in May. New York Times(Dec 13, 2016) “Almost every cabin in Chalet Village is burning to the freakin’ ground!” Los Angeles Times(Nov 30, 2016) n a Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house built in this style Hyper house a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families |
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