a room or space just below the roof of a house, often used for storing things （紧靠屋顶的）阁楼，顶楼 furniture stored in the attic 存放在阁楼的家具 an attic bedroom 顶楼卧室 Her photography studio was a converted attic. 她的摄影工作室是阁楼改建的。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cluttered
- cramped
- little
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- apartment
- bedroom
- flat
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Word Originlate 17th cent. (as an architectural term designating a small order above a taller one): from French attique, from Latin Atticus ‘relating to Athens or Attica’.