mansion

noun
🔊/ˈmænʃn/
🔊/ˈmænʃn/
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  1. [countable] a large, impressive house公馆;宅第
    • an 18th century country mansion18 世纪的乡村宅第
    Extra Examples
    • The historic mansion stands in 160 acres of parkland.这栋具有历史意义的宅第矗立在 160 英亩的林木草地间。
    • The restaurant is housed in an exquisite colonial mansion in the city centre.餐厅位于市中心一栋精致的殖民地豪宅中。
    Topics Houses and homesc1, Buildingsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • big
    • great
    • huge
    verb + mansion
    • live in
    • have
    • own
    mansion + verb
    • stand
    mansion + noun
    • house
    • block
    • flat
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  2. Mansions
    [plural] (British English) used in the names of blocks of flats(用于公寓楼名)
    • 2 Moscow Mansions, Cromwell Road克伦威尔路莫斯科公寓 2 号
  3. Word Originlate Middle English (denoting the chief residence of a lord): via Old French from Latin mansio(n-) ‘place where someone stays’, from manere ‘remain’.