cottage
n. 小屋, 茅舍
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教材释义与例句
小屋;村舍;(农舍式的)小别墅
a small house in the country
a country cottage
乡间小屋
We're staying in a holiday cottage in Dorset.
我们住在多塞特的一个度假小别墅里。
释义与例句
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A small house.
村舍
小屋
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2.
A seasonal home of any size or stature, a recreational home or a home in a remote location.
Most cottages in the area were larger and more elaborate than my home.
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3.
A public lavatory.
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4.
A meeting place for homosexual men.
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To stay at a seasonal home, to go cottaging.
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To have homosexual sex in a public lavatory; to practice cottaging.
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词源
Late Middle English, from Anglo-Norman cotage and Medieval Latin cotagium, from Old Northern French cot, cote (“hut, cottage”) + -age (“surrounding property”), from Proto-Germanic *kutą, *kuta- (“shed”), probably of non-Indo-European origin, possibly borrowed from Uralic; compare Finnish kota (“hut, house”) and Hungarian ház (“house”), both from Proto-Finno-Ugric/Proto-Uralic *kota. However, also compare Dutch and English hut. Old Northern French cote is probably from Old Norse kot (“hut”), cognate of Old English cot of same Proto-Germanic origin. Slang sense “public toilet” from 19th century, due to resemblance.
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