| 单词 | garret |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['gærit] |
| 解释 | n. 阁楼，顶楼小室 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 阁楼，顶楼小室(the room just below the roof of a house; attic) |
| 字源 | garret (n.) c.1300, "turret, small tower on the roof of a house or castle," from Old French garite "watchtower, place of refuge," from garir "defend, preserve," from a Germanic source (compare Gothic warjan "forbid," Old High German warjan "to defend"), from Proto-Germanic *warjan, from PIE root *wer- (5) "to cover" (see warrant (n.)). Meaning "room on uppermost floor of a house" is from early 14c. See attic. As the typical wretched abode of a poor poet, by mid-18c. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 阁楼, 顶楼小室 = attic 【例】from cellar to garret = from garret to cellar 整幢房屋; 从上到下 【记】gar花, ret = rat老鼠: 一间房子有老鼠的地方只有阁楼和地下室, 但是既有老鼠, 又有花的地方就是阁楼了, 那里能见到太阳. |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】音：阁楼，r发l的音 【相关】对比 turret(音：塔楼) 塔楼，小塔 |
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