penthouse

FREQ #10141

n. 屋顶房间, 顶层公寓, 电梯机器房, 耳房

发音

其它 /ˈpɛnt(h)aʊs/

词形变化

penthouses 复数 penthouses penthouses 三单 penthousing penthousing 现在分词 penthoused 过去式 penthoused 过去分词

别名

penhouse pent-house PH

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A structure or annexe (especially one with a sloping roof) extending from the side of a building, sometimes as protection from the weather.

    耳房

    裙楼

    历史
  2. 2.

    Something forming a shelter or canopy over something; an awning, shelter, etc.

    古体 引申义
  3. 3.

    Any of the sloping roofs at the side of a real tennis court.

    侧斜屋顶

    体育

    2005, Tony Collins (ed.), Encyclopaedia of Traditional British Rural Sports, Routledge, page 262, An odd derivative of real tennis lasted until the latter part of the eighteenth century at Rattray in Perthshire. It was played in the churchyard by two pairs of men, and the method for starting the play was to throw the ball onto the church roof, using it like the sloping penthouse of the tennis court.

  4. 4.

    An apartment or suite found on an upper floor, or floors, of a tall building, especially one that is expensive or luxurious with panoramic views.

    空中复式单位

    空中别墅

v.
  1. 1.

    To provide with a penthouse, shelter by means of a shed sloping from a wall, or anything similar.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

apartment flat

词源

From Anglo-Norman pentiz (“pentice”), from apendiz (“appentice”), ultimately from a suffixed form of Latin appendō (“to append”). Altered by folk etymology to appear to be a compound of house. Doublet of appentice and pentice.

来源：wiktionary