brownstone

英 [ˈbraʊnstəʊn] 美 [ˈbraʊnstoʊn]

n.  褐沙石房屋; 外墙为褐沙石的房屋; 褐沙石

复数:brownstones

BNC.43056 / COCA.17070



牛津词典

noun

  1. 褐沙石房屋;外墙为褐沙石的房屋;褐沙石
    a house built of, or with a front made of, a type of reddish-brown stone, which is also called brownstone
    1. New York brownstones
      纽约的褐沙石房屋

柯林斯词典

  1. (美国19世纪建造的)褐沙石房屋
    In the United States, a brownstone is a type of house which was built during the 19th century. Brownstones have a front that is made from a reddish-brown stone.

    双语例句

    1. Pacific Park Brooklyn, for example, is on the border of wealthy brownstone Brooklyn neighborhoods, yet relied on high unemployment figures from areas of Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant to make its case.
      举例来说,布鲁克林太平园花园位于富裕的布鲁克林上流社会住宅区边界,但它之所以能够被允许得到该方案的投资,主要是由于附近王冠高地和贝德福德-史岱文森的大量失业人口。
    2. I did not give up a central park brownstone to come live in the forest.
      我可不会放弃一个奢华的皇宫而选择住在原始森林里。
    3. Trimble paused, looking carefully at the brownstone house.
      崔博停了下来,很仔细地看着这褐色砂石墙的房子。
    4. Although the spartan room in the brownstone on Rue La Bruy è re had witnessed a lot of suffering, Silas doubted anything could match the anguish now gripping his pale body.
      虽然布吕耶尔街上那褐色的斯巴达克式石屋已经见证了无数的苦难,但塞拉斯却觉得他现在的痛苦才是世间最难堪的。我被骗了。
    5. She was bound and held hostage in that brownstone.
      她曾被困在那个公寓里。
    6. A dead tree stands to the right of a tumbledown brownstone house.
      在一座破败的褐砂石房子的右侧,矗立着一棵枯树。
    7. When Jake comes home to his Westside brownstone, it's to an extended family.
      当杰克回家他西城赤褐色砂石,这是一个大家庭。
    8. We lived in NYC in Manhattan on130 something street, in a three-story brownstone that housed many of my relatives.
      我们原来住在纽约市曼哈顿一幢好像是位于130号街的三层的赤褐色砂石建筑里,我的好多亲戚都住在那。

    英英释义

    noun

    1. a row house built of brownstone

      1. a reddish brown sandstone