| 释义 |
apart·ment
\əˈpärtmənt, -pȧt-\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: French appartement, from Italian appartamento (translation of Spanish apartamiento, literally, separation), from appartare to put aside, separate (from a parte aside, separately, literally, at the side, to the side, from assumed Vulgar Latin ad partem) + -mento -ment (from Latin -mentum)
1. : a room or a set of rooms used as a dwelling and located in a private house, a hotel, or a building containing only such rooms or suites with necessary passages and hallways : flat
2. obsolete
a. : a separate or special abode : a dwelling place
< came down from my apartment in the tree — Daniel Defoe >
b. : compartment
3. : any room in a building
< the dining room at the hall was not a cheerful apartment — Osbert Lancaster >
4. : a building made up of individual dwelling units
< these new apartments have intensified the parking problem >
• a·part·men·tal \ə|pärt|mentəl, |aˌp-, -pȧt-\ adjective |