| 单词 | penthouse |
| 释义 | penthouse (once / 6678 pages) n A penthouse is fancy apartment on the very highest floor of a tall building. The penthouse can be a status symbol. Just ask the characters from "The Jeffersons" — they moved on up to a “deluxe apartment in the sky.” While you can use the word penthouse for any top floor apartment, it usually implies something luxurious. A penthouse is often the fanciest and most expensive apartment in the building. Sometimes a penthouse even has its own private elevator. The first penthouses appeared in the 1920s, some taking up entire top floors, though the word has been in use much longer. Originally, it meant "simple structure," from the Old French apentis, "attached building." WORD FAMILYpenthouse: penthouses USAGE EXAMPLESProsecutors say he rented the penthouse flat in China cheaply from a shareholder of broadcast company Wave Media. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) To get to work, Mr. Trump steps onto the private elevator in his gilded three-story penthouse, presses 26 and waits a matter of seconds. New York Times(Dec 25, 2016) New York City’s highest residence, a penthouse at the pinnacle of the super tall 432 Park Avenue, finally closed. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) n an apartment located on the top floors of a building Hyper apartment, flat a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house |
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