我買房子了 ≠ I bought a house
英語中普通人的住所主要有兩種:一種是別墅house,一種是公寓apartment (英式英語flat)。所以如果你跟別人說:I bought a house. 是跟別人說你買了一棟別墅!妥妥的土豪呀!
我們日常說的“買房子”,一般是指單元房,即一棟樓裡的一套房子。
正確的表達
I bought an apartment.(英式英語flat)
我的房子 = my apartment
我住的地方=my place
place 代表住的地方,不管是租還是買
例句
You can stay at my place when you are in Beijing.
你來北京,可以住在我那。
接著我們就“house”這個範疇,來看看英語中的幾種獨棟概念房:
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house
音標[haus] 基本詞義-- 房子,別墅
釋義:
A house is a building in which people live, usually the people belonging to one family. (house是一棟建築,在這個建築中人們居住,通常是屬於一個家庭的人們。)
關鍵詞:建築,居住,一個家庭。
例句
Their family lives in a big house. 他們家住在一個大房子裡。
I cannot afford to buy a house yet. 我還負擔不起買一棟房子。
例圖a house:
來個更有意境的house:
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bungalow
音標[´bʌŋgələu] 基本詞義:平房
釋義:
A bungalow is a house which has only one level, and no stairs. (bungalow是一棟房子,只有一層,沒有樓梯)
關鍵詞:房子,一層。
例句
The old couple sold their house and bought a bungalow. 老夫婦賣了他們的房子,買了一棟平房。
They have a small bungalow by the seaside. 他們有一棟海邊的小平房。
例圖:a bungalow
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cottage
音標[´kɔtidʒ] 基本詞義 -- 鄉村小別墅,鄉村茅舍
釋義:
A cottage is a small house, usually in the country. (cottage是一棟小房子,通常在鄉村)
例句
They used to have a cottage in Scotland. they曾經有一棟蘇格蘭鄉村小別墅。
My parents often drive to their cottage during the weekends and have a relaxing time there. 我的父母經常在週末開車到他們的鄉村小別墅,在那裡度過一段休閒時光。
例如:a cottage
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hut
音標[hʌt] 基本詞義 -- 茅屋
釋義:
A hut is a small house with only one or two rooms, especially one which is made of wood, mud, grass, or stones. (hut是一棟小房子,只有一兩個房間,尤其是用木頭、泥土、草或石頭製成的那種。)
關鍵詞:小,木泥草石製成
例句
All guests here are provided simple wooden huts to live. 所有客人都被提供簡單的小木舍可居住。
Refreshments were served from their grass huts. 小茶點被提供於他們的小草屋中。
例圖:a hut
這是一棟蠻漂亮有格局的hut呢
而通常可能huts會更加簡陋,比如:
看這一家幾口的這hut,住的多溫馨: