单词 | suite |
释义 | suite (once / 569 pages) n A suite (sounds like "sweet") is a collection of matching things. It usually refers to rooms together, like when you get a suite at a fancy hotel. It can also be a set of furniture or a musical composition. In housing terms, a suite is an apartment made up of connected rooms. If you ever stay at a hostel in France, make sure you get a room with the bathroom en suite, so you don’t have to share the one in the hallway. When the word first came into use, it meant "train of followers of attendants," but don't call your friends your suite or they'll think you're a snob. WORD FAMILYsuite: suites USAGE EXAMPLESInvestigators said Schnorenberg was called to a Country Inn & Suites in Mankato about 4 a.m. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Authorities say the officer responded to a disturbance at a Country Inn & Suites about 4 a.m. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The care station is closely located next to two surgical suites, one for scopic procedures, such as colonoscopies, and another for general surgery. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n the group following and attending to some important person Syn|Hypo|Hyper cortege, entourage, retinue court, royal court the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince assemblage, gathering a group of persons together in one place 2n a matching set of furniture Hypo|Hyper bedroom set, bedroom suite a suite of furniture for the bedroom diningroom set, diningroom suitea suite of furniture for the dining room livingroom set, livingroom suitea suite of furniture for the living room set a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used 3n apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel) Syn|Hyper rooms apartment, flat a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house 4n a musical composition of several movements only loosely connected Hypo|Hyper partita (music) an instrumental suite common in the 18th century composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music a musical work that has been created |
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