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单词 pied-à-terre
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pied-à-terren.

Brit. /ˌpjɛdəˈtɛː/, /ˌpjeɪdəˈtɛː/, U.S. /piˌeɪdəˈtɛ(ə)r/
Inflections: Plural pieds-à-terre, (irregular) pied a terres.
Forms: 1800s– pied-à-terre, 1900s– pied a terre.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pied-à-terre.
Etymology: < French pied-à-terre (1752) < pied foot (second half of 10th cent. in Old French, also as piet , pié , etc.; < classical Latin ped- , pēs : see -ped comb. form) + à to, at, on + terre ground (see terre n.).Not fully naturalized in English.
A small house, flat, or room (usually in a town) kept as an occasional residence by a person whose permanent home is elsewhere; a secondary residence acting as a base from which to pursue a particular activity.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > [noun] > lodging-place > temporary
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1823 T. Moore Mem. (1853) IV. 121 Poor wretches, who marry upon the strength of this pied-à-terre, and swarm the little spot they occupy with children.
1870 D. G. Rossetti Let. 15 Mar. (1965) II. 815 I have not yet written to thank you for a much more independent and promising pied-à-terre than I could have found in the tents of the stranger.
1901 ‘L. Malet’ Hist. Richard Calmady v. i. 383 Richard Calmady had taken her husband's villa at Naples on lease, it offering..a convenient pied à terre to him while yachting along the adjacent coasts.
1936 F. Clune Roaming round Darling i. 7 Australia is still a land of change and Australians, generally, are a restless race, preferring a mere pied-à-terre before a taxable home-fire.
1995 Daily Tel. 12 Dec. 21/2 Locals, dismayed that the ‘villagey’ feel of the area, where scores of MPs own pied a terres would be destroyed, had the plans blocked.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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