| 单词 | private residence |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprivate residence private residence n. = private house n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > house of private individual private house1533 private residence1723 1723 Impartial Hist. Peter Alexowitz 65 He pitch'd upon the place for his Retreat, or private Residence. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian II. vii. 234 She hoped, therefore, that he had only been sent to some private residence belonging to his family. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xxi. 222 At length, late one night, Heyling..appeared at his attorney's private residence, and sent up word that a gentleman wished to see him instantly. 1974 P. Lovesey Invitation to Dynamite Party iii. 34 ‘There was a second explosion..at Sir Watkin Wynn's residence.’ ‘A private residence? What have they got against Sir Watkin Wynn?’ 1998 L. Forbes Bombay Ice (1999) 76 The family has to slum it on the top floor, but even so it's still the tenth largest private residence in the world. < as lemmas |
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