| 单词 | basement |
| 释义 | basement (beɪsmənt ) Word forms: basements countable noun B2 The basement of a building is a floor built partly or completely below ground level. They bought an old schoolhouse to live in and built a workshop in the basement. They live in a basement flat in North London. Synonyms: cellar, crypt, lower ground floor [British], vault Collocations: basement bedroom This turned out to be a small, dank storage room next to his basement bedroom. Times, Sunday Times Stairs lead down to the basement bedroom. Times, Sunday Times A confused moose stares at a startled householder after falling into a basement bedroom. The Sun He said he blacked out and woke up in his basement bedroom. canada.com She was doing the ironing when she spotted the intruder trying to get in through the basement door at the 25million house. The Sun About 20 minutes after that, the truck returned and the basement door swung open. The Sun The police forensics team discover the basement door lock was opened with a key, despite the appearance of being forced. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The basement floor was dug out 5 inches to add more head room and heating was installed under the new floor. Globe and Mail The structure was originally three-storeys high, comprising a basement floor, an entrance level, and an upper floor. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It stands at 15 floors in height, with 14 above-ground floors, and 1 basement floor. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The baptistery's full-immersion brick cistern reaches to the basement floor. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It also has various food and beverage vending machines in the intercity bus terminal portion of the building on the basement floor. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 During construction there appeared a problem adapting to the basement garage of cars, the new invention that thrilled the bourgeoisie. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She practised in the basement garage of her apartment building, with the permission of the neighbors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1960 a basement garage and 1-story addition were added to the rear of the building. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This avoids the disadvantage of steep driveways found in most other basement garages. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Walk-up apartments with basement garages can easily achieve a density of three. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In this basement kitchen, internal glazing funnels in light from outdoors, making the area feel spacious while reducing noise. Times, Sunday Times The first major task was to gut the basement kitchen. Times, Sunday Times They also extended the back of the house to create a large basement kitchen and dining area with a folding, glass-panelled back wall. Times, Sunday Times The building work included opening up the basement kitchen and dining area. Times, Sunday Times The basement kitchen to the right of the entrance still has stone-mullioned windows with leaded glass. Times, Sunday Times Sitting in a hastily constructed basement office in the suburbs a week later, the reality turned out to be very different. Times, Sunday Times A big room off the garden would make a perfect study for me, with a spiral staircase leading to basement office space. Times, Sunday Times He rented a basement office which he ran by day, driving a van by night. Times, Sunday Times In 2001, three volunteer producers joined the project, initially working out of a basement office. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Residents will also have a gym and ample basement parking. Times, Sunday Times The uninitiated should be aware that in this sector a home must have underfloor heating, a lift, a surround-sound cinema, a gym, plus basement parking for two cars. Times, Sunday Times The tower features basement parking, a podium, three levels of commercial space and another level with recreation facilities. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The mall comprises 5 levels of restaurants, retail outlets and 2 basement parking levels. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For large office or apartment buildings in prime locations, the cost of land may justify multi-story basement parking garages. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Thus, the press was ushered into a basement room to wait. Times, Sunday Times Spread over three floors, it has three bedrooms a large bathroom, a basement room and a secluded rear garden. Times, Sunday Times It has three storeys with three bedrooms, plus an extra basement room that could make a fourth. The Sun In a basement room the poet can be heard reciting his verses in an absurdly lugubrious drone. The Times Literary Supplement When it rained or snowed, water dripped soothingly and steadily into a sump-pump hole at the corner of my basement room. Globe and Mail But what if you have only a coal hole, or no basement space at all? Times, Sunday Times Among other measures, metal shielding specially tailored to individual instruments will be employed, and the site of the basement space which will house them has been carefully chosen. Times, Sunday Times How are you going get the plants and large containers up there, or, for that matter, down to a basement space or through the house? Times, Sunday Times The 3500sqft m2 basement space can legally hold up to 400 people. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Area residents donated basement space for sorting eyeglasses. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Examples include the cost of basement storage units at luxe developments in major cities. Times, Sunday Times Most properties have terraces of up 50 sq m to 70 sq m (538 sq ft to 753 sq ft), access to secure underground parking and basement storage. Times, Sunday Times The cultural attractions on the right and left banks were closed yesterday as staff carried up works from basement storage and ground-floor galleries. Times, Sunday Times Refrigerating the basement storage area was thought to be well worth the high cost. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The original space was expanded in 1962-63 to add offices, meeting rooms, stacks, and basement storage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After meeting at an under-16s hip-hop night, they formed the band in 2008, recording their album in a makeshift basement studio. Times, Sunday Times Only because we don't think we could ever face going back into our basement studio with no windows again. The Sun Down in his basement studio he started experimenting, putting paint on a canvas and running the wheels of the car over it. Times, Sunday Times Many private homes have basement studio apartments but are classified as 1 family. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He played drums, guitar, bass, and other percussion instruments, during late nights at a friend's basement studio. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Damp-proofing or waterproofing materials are typically applied to outside of the basement wall. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There are rectangular windows in the exposed basement wall. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Of course, there are times and places where you definitely do not want to infiltrate, such as near a retaining wall or a basement wall. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The ground next to the basement must be graded such that water flows away from the basement wall. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There are draining membranes that can be applied to the outside of the basement that create channels for water against the basement wall to flow to the foundation drains. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Their basement window had been taken apart and inside, drawers and clothes, cushions, crockery and papers were strewn across the floor. Times,Sunday Times Only a second had passed since the ball had crashed through the basement window. Christianity Today Just south of a single exposed basement window, wooden steps climb up to enter a projecting gabled vestibule from the north. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The basement window openings of that house are still visible in the retaining wall of the playground. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Their front faces have basket-arched sash windows, and the north wing has an additional basement window. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It guarantees experience in fixing leaky g faucets, knowing termites from ants, shoveling a snow off a roof, and solving a damp basement problem. Christianity Today He was frogmarched to a damp basement on a university campus where a single bulb hanging from the ceiling lit up the faces of about 20 other captives. Times, Sunday Times Rose talks mostly about the cold weather and keeps comparing the cosy, warm room to the dark, damp basement and to the cold weather outside. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The house was renovated by a local building in 1960 but was never more than a very drafty pile with a very damp basement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They can often be found around decaying organic matter, and in sewers, drains, damp basements, porches, and other damp locations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 About 80 patients are being treated for the moment in a dank basement car park. Times, Sunday Times By the 1890s it too had become overcrowded forcing some classes to meet in the dank basement and even in private homes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I mean, think of all those poor little scientists who have toiled away in dark, dank basements for years developing increasingly effective methods of analgesia. Times, Sunday Times Oppressive walls of sound and droopy melodies evoke drizzle, dank basements and the bitter taste of disappointment. The Sun Many need restoration work after sitting for untold years in dank basements and dusty storage rooms. canada.com The formerly dark basement was extended as far as the party wall, encompassing the kitchen and making a cosy garden room at the back. Times,Sunday Times They didn't take their meals in a busy servants' hall but in dark basement kitchens. The Sun Don't, for example, buy something that needs lots of sunlight, such as a cactus, if the recipient lives in a dark basement flat. Times, Sunday Times The two met in the townhouse's dark basement to negotiate most of the deal. Times, Sunday Times Clocking in on the job, the trio proceed to their first assignment - depicted in stock footage as enslaved workers descending to a dark basement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And for those who live in a dingy basement, good news: it positively relishes the shade. Times, Sunday Times Dingy basement rooms in cheap hotels, no explicit signs because the hotel didn't want them pinned up. Times, Sunday Times And yet, almost by a miracle, several of the images survived, carelessly crumpled and torn, in corners of the dingy basement where he had lived. Times, Sunday Times Still, we thought as we chomped on some unremarkable chips in the museum's dingy basement café, it was probably better than the nearby lamp museum. Times,Sunday Times It's set in the dingy basement of a restaurant, and it features a group of men who are all, in their own different ways, losers. Times, Sunday Times Back then, his business was not much more than a few power tools and a pile of timber in a tiny basement. Times,Sunday Times And in this tiny basement venue, there will be no escape from it. Times, Sunday Times A tiny basement theatre expands into a universe of humanity, imagination and glory. Times, Sunday Times Down some dark stairs was a tiny basement club, full of smoke and devoid of glamour. Times, Sunday Times The workshop operated initially out of a tiny basement workshop and later from a country mansion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Things are likely to get even worse when the few remaining books are moved to a windowless basement later in the year. Times, Sunday Times During the course of the criminal investigation he and his wife were interviewed by police under caution in the locked custody suite of a windowless basement. Times, Sunday Times I would rather be in the windowless basement. Times, Sunday Times He was unimpressed with the labs, describing the windowless basement as squalor. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 地下室 Japanese: 地階 |
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