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penthouse 音标拼音: [p'ɛnth ,ɑʊs] n. 搭连正房的屋顶,耳房,屋檐 搭连正房的屋顶,耳房,屋檐 penthouse n 1: an apartment located on the top floors of a buildingPenthouse \ Pent" house`\, n. [ A corruption of pentice.] A shed or roof sloping from the main wall or building, as over a door or window; a lean- to. Also figuratively. " The penthouse of his eyes." -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] [ 1913 Webster]
Penthouse \ Pent" house`\, a. Leaning; overhanging. " Penthouse lid." -- Shak. " My penthouse eyebrows." -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster]
Lean- to \ Lean"- to`\, n. 1. ( Arch.) A shed or slight building placed against the wall of a larger structure and having a single- pitched roof; -- called also { penthouse}, and { to- fall}. [ 1913 Webster] The outer circuit was covered as a lean- to, all round this inner apartment. -- De Foe. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A crude, usually temporary shelter comprising a lean- to roof braced against any convenient support, as a wall, a tree or a pole. The roof may extend all the way to the ground. [ PJC] 67 Moby Thesaurus words for " penthouse": Dymaxion house, White House, adobe house, apartment, building, casa, ceiling, chambers, cliff dwelling, cold- water flat, consulate, country house, country seat, dacha, deanery, duplex apartment, dwelling house, eaves, edifice, embassy, erection, fabric, farm, farmhouse, flat, garden apartment, hall, house, houseboat, housetop, lake dwelling, lantern, living machine, lodge, manor house, manse, overhead, parsonage, plafond, prefabricated house, presidential palace, railroad flat, ranch house, rectory, ridgepole, roof, roof garden, roof- deck, roofage, roofing, roofpole, rooftop, rooftree, set of rooms, shingles, skylight, skyscraper, slates, sod house, split- level, structure, suite, tenement, tiles, top, town house, vicarage
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