HOUSE1 different types of house2 different types of apartment3 a place for someone to liveRELATED WORDSleave your house 离开你的家LEAVEsee alsoHOMEBUILD/BUILDING1 different types of house 不同类型的房屋house /haʊs/ [countable noun]a building for people to live in, that may have more than one level, and may either stand separately or be joined to other buildings 房屋；住所 Our house is the one with the red door. 我们的房子是红色门的那一幢。 I went over to Barbara's house after school. 放学后我去了芭芭拉家。 The street was lined with identical red-brick houses. 这条街道的两旁都是一模一样的红砖房。detached houseBritisha house that is not joined to another house 【英】独立式房子 a detached house in Surrey 萨里一幢独立式的房子semi-detached houseBritisha house that is joined to another house on one side 【英】半独立式房子 a three-bedroom semi-detached house 一幢有三间卧室的半独立式房子terraced houseBritish /row houseAmericana house that is in a row of houses that are all joined together 排屋 The street ran between rows of dingy terraced houses. 街道两旁是肮脏的连排房屋。cottage /ˈkɒtɪdʒǁˈkɑː-/ [countable noun]a small house, especially an old house in the country - use this especially about houses in the UK 乡村小屋，村舍〔尤用于指英国的房子〕 She lives in a charming cottage deep in the Kent countryside. 她住在肯特郡郊外深处的一所美丽的村舍里。 a row of thatched cottages in a rural village 农村里的一排茅舍bungalow /ˈbʌŋgələʊ/ [countable noun]a small house in which all the rooms are on the same level 平房 He and his wife lived in a modern bungalow on the outskirts of the city. 他和妻子住在市郊一幢新式的平房里。townhouse /ˈtaʊnhaʊs/ [countable noun]Americana house in a group of houses that share one or more walls 【美】〔边墙共用的〕联体住宅，排屋 Old buildings were knocked down, and new apartments and townhouses built. 旧的房子拆了，建起了新的公寓和联体住宅。mansion /ˈmænʃən/ [countable noun]a very large and impressive house 大厦；大房子；宅第 a magnificent mansion set in 2000 acres of countryside 坐落于一片2，000英亩乡间土地上的一所豪宅 an eleven-bedroom mansion in Hancock Park 汉考克公园里一幢有11间卧室的大房子2 different types of apartment 不同类型的公寓apartment /əˈpɑːʳtmənt/ [countable noun]especially Americana set of rooms that are usually all on the same level and are part of a larger building 【尤美】公寓套间 They went back to her apartment for a cup of coffee. 他们回到她的公寓里喝了杯咖啡。 There was no point in paying rent for an empty apartment. 花钱租一套空无一物的公寓没什么意思。apartment buildinga building that has several apartments on each level 公寓大楼 Small apartment buildings filled with families line the street. 沿街是一幢幢小型的公寓楼，楼里住满了人家。high-rise apartment buildinga tall apartment building with many levels 高层的公寓大楼 High-rise apartment buildings have gone up where once there was open land. 曾经是一片空地的地方建起了一栋栋高耸的公寓大楼。flat /flæt/ [countable noun]Britisha set of rooms that are usually all on the same level and are part of a larger building 【英】公寓套房 Stella and Keith moved into a cold, damp flat together. 斯特拉和基思一同搬进了一套阴冷潮湿的公寓房里。 a group of students in a shared flat 合住一套公寓房的一群学生block of flatsa building that consists of different levels and has several flats on each level 公寓楼 Lisa lives on the nineteenth floor of a block of flats in London. 莉萨住在伦敦一幢公寓大楼的19楼。condominiumalsocondoinformal /ˌkɒndəˈmɪniəmǁˌkɑːn-, ˈkɒndəʊǁˈkɑːn-/ [countable noun]Americanan apartment in a building that consists of several apartments, all of which are owned by the people who live in them 【美】〔个人购买的〕公寓套房 He lives in a condo in San Jose. 他住在圣何塞的一套公寓房里。 They rent out their condominium to skiers during the winter. 到了冬天，他们就把自己的那套公寓房出租给滑雪者使用。3 a place for someone to live 某人居住的地方housing /ˈhaʊzɪŋ/ [uncountable noun]the houses, flats etc within a particular area that are available for or are provided for people to live in 住房 Most of the housing in the area is sub-standard and nothing is being done to improve it. 该地区大多数住房都质量低劣，也没人采取什么措施去加以改善。 The council is making a great effort to provide cheap housing and more public facilities. 市政会正在尽很大努力提供廉价的住房和更多的公共设施。accommodation /əˌkɒməˈdeɪʃənǁəˌkɑː-/ [uncountable noun]formala place where people can live or stay, including houses, flats, hotels etc 【正式】住处 The holiday costs about £400 for a week's accommodation and flights. 这次度假大约要花400英镑，包括一星期的住宿和机票。student/rented/holiday etc accommodation I've been looking in the newspapers for student accommodation but it's all so expensive. 我在报纸上寻找供学生住宿的地方，但都太贵了。home /həʊm/ [countable noun usually plural]a house, flat etc for people to live in - used especially in advertisements or to talk about large numbers of homes 住宅，居所〔尤用于广告或谈论许多房屋时〕 They want to build forty luxury homes on a disused railway site. 他们想在弃置不用的铁路旧址上建造40幢豪华住宅。 Between 1945 and 1970 the government built 110,000 new homes for low-paid workers. 1945年至1970年间，政府为低收入工人建造了11万套新居。somewhere to live /ˌsʌmweəʳ tə ˈlɪv/ [noun phrase]a place where you can live - use this especially when this is difficult to get 住的地方〔尤用于指很难找到这种地方的时候〕 I'll stay at my grandmother's at first, until I find somewhere to live. 我会先住在我祖母家里，直至我找到地方住。 Students looking for somewhere to live can go the university accommodation service. 寻找住处的学生可以找大学里的住宿服务部门帮忙。a roof over your head /ə ˌruːf əʊvə jɔːʳ ˈhed/ [noun phrase]informala place to live - use this especially when you are comparing this with the possibility of not having anywhere to live at all 【非正式】栖身之所〔尤用于与无处居住相比的时候〕 It doesn't matter what kind of place it is, at least you'll have a roof over your head. 什么样的地方无所谓，起码你有了一个栖身之处。 It's hard to be cheerful when you haven't even got a roof over your head. 连个安身之处都没有的话，哪里还能高兴得起来。estatealsohousing estate /ɪˈsteɪt, ˈhaʊzɪŋ ɪˌsteɪt/ [countable noun]Britishan area where houses have all been built together in a planned way 【英】住宅区 Jane has her own house on a neat housing estate in the south-east. 简在东南面一个环境整洁的住宅区里有自己的房子。council estatean estate built by the local government, especially to be rented 地方政府建的住房群 They live in a block of flats on a bleak council estate. 他们住在一个荒凉的统建住房小区的一幢公寓楼里。housing project/projects /ˈhaʊzɪŋ ˌprɒdʒekt, ˈprɒdʒektsǁ-ˌprɑː-/ []American informala group of houses or apartments usually built with government money for poor people to rent 【美，非正式】住宅项目，住宅区〔指政府出资建造、供穷人租用的房子或公寓〕 Under this proposal, Federal money will no longer go to public housing projects but will go instead directly to the people. 根据这一提议，联邦政府的钱将不再用于公共住宅项目，而是直接分到人们的手里。 Chicago's Cabrini Green housing project 芝加哥的卡布里尼绿园住宅区 She says she wants something better for her kids than what she had in the projects. 她说她想要给孩子们更好的，而不是她在廉租房里的那些。development /dɪˈveləpmənt/ [countable noun]a group of new buildings that have all been planned and built together on the same piece of land 〔在同一块土地上建造的〕新建的住宅小区 New developments are springing up all around the town. 这座城镇各处都出现了新的住宅小区。