basement
noun /ˈbeɪsmənt/
/ˈbeɪsmənt/
- enlarge imagea room or rooms in a building, partly or completely below the level of the ground
地下室 - Kitchen goods are sold in the basement.
厨房用具在地下室出售。 - a basement flat/apartment
设在地下室的一套房间 - She lives in a two-room basement flat.
她住在一套两居室的地下室公寓里。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dark
- unlit
- windowless
- …
- apartment
- bar
- flat
- …
- in a/the basement
词源mid 18th cent.: probably from archaic Dutch basement ‘foundation’, perhaps from Italian basamento ‘column base’. - Kitchen goods are sold in the basement.
