| 单词 | half-house |
| 释义 | > as lemmashalf-house half-house n. †(a) a shed open at the side, a hovel (Obsolete); (b) Scottish a semi-detached house; (c) North American (with reference to the colonial style of architecture) a house of a width roughly half that of a typical house. ΘΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > outhouse(s) > [noun] > types of skilling1389 haghouse1400 hovel1435 back shed1535 cot-house1606 boorachc1660 linhay1695 spring house1755 woodshed1764 cookhouse1802 tool-house1817 shed1855 drive shed1869 1737 H. Bracken Farriery Improved xliv. 582 A Hovel or half-House for them to run into. 1889 Bon-accord 2 Mar. 11 To be sold or let, two half houses at Mannofield. 1970 D. Doane Bk. Cape Cod Houses 20 The half house consists of the keeping room, buttery, borning room, and parlor just described. 1992 D. Toulmin Coll. Short Stories 253 Badgie Summers lived in the nearest half-house. 2012 N.Y. Mag. 6 Aug. 58 The home had initially been constructed as a ‘half-house’: a Colonial-period layout that made future expansions relatively easy. half-house half-house n. a shed open at the side; a hovel. ΚΠ 1737 H. Bracken Farriery Improved xliv. 582 A Hovel or half House for them to run into. 1895 R. Kipling in Pall Mall Gaz. 25 Oct. 3/1 When they were tired Kotuko would make what the hunters call a ‘half-house’. < as lemmas |
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