单词 | first, second, etc flat |
释义 | > as lemmasfirst, second, etc. flat 2. A suite of rooms on one floor, forming a complete residence. first, second, etc. flat: a suite on the first, second, etc. floor. In recent use, not necessarily a suite or a complete residence: also used even of one room with shared access to others. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > flat or apartment mansion?c1400 tenement1593 apartmenta1645 basement storey1743 flat1824 house1885 basement flat1894 apt.1901 home unit1929 triplex1932 housing unit1935 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. v. 102 We chose to imitate some of the conveniences..of an English dwelling-house, instead of living piled up above each other in flats. 1845 C. I. Johnstone Edinb. Tales I. 267/2 That comfortable, airy, roomy, first-flat, consisting of dining-room, parlour, three bed~rooms. 1887 M. E. Braddon Like & Unlike II. iv. 44 The rents of these flats seem to be extortionate. < as lemmas |
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