Other types of home其他类型的住宅

                     an apartment building in which each flat / apartment is owned by the person living in it but the building and shared areas are owned by everyone together: condominium (also informal condo) (especially NAmt)

condominium指套房私有,大楼业权及共用范围属业主共有的 公寓(非正式亦作condo)

                     a set of rooms for an old person, especially in a relative’s house: granny flat (8r£) / in-law apartment / mother-in-law apartment (NAm^)

granny flat / in-law apartment / mother-in-law apartment 尤指老

人住在亲戚家中所用的套间

                     a small round house or shelter built from blocks of hard snow: igloo

igloo指拱顶冰屋

                     a flat / apartment with rooms on two floors within a building: maisonette [BrE)

maisonette指跨二层的公寓

                     a very large house: mansion mansion指公馆、宅第

                     the official home of a king, queen, president, etc.: palace palace用于王宫、宫殿、总统府等

                     an expensive and comfortable flat / apartment at the top of a tall building: penthouse

penthouse fé®层豪华公寓

                     a house built all on one level, that is very wide but not very

deep from front to back and has a roof that is not very steep: ranch house     — compare bungalow

ranch house福平房彳主宅                 bungalow比较