Garret
['gærət;-ɪt] or ['ɡærət]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A turret; a watchtower.
(n.) That part of a house which is on the upper floor, immediately under or within the roof; an attic.
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同義詞及近義詞：
n. Attic, loft, cock-loft, upper story.
厄玛編輯
解釋/意思:
n. (Shak.) a watch-tower: a room next the roof of a house.—p.adj. Garr′eted provided with garrets: lodged in a garret.—ns. Garreteer′ one who lives in a garret: a poor author; Garr′et-mas′ter a cabinet-maker locksmith &c. working on his own account for the dealers.
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娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream of climbing to a garret, denotes your inclination to run after theories while leaving the cold realities of life to others less able to bear them than yourself. To the poor, this dream is an omen of easier circumstances. To a woman, it denotes that her vanity and sefishness{sic} should be curbed.
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例句/造句/用法:
- She made me sleep in her room; and I had to put it away off in a little kind o' garret, and thar it cried itself to death, one night. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Instantly, silently, before my eyes, it vanished; so did the curtain and alcove: all that end of the garret became black as night. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- He groped his way up, he entered the garret, he found Evadne stretched speechless, almost lifeless on her wretched bed. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- No garret, no shoemaking, no One Hundred and Five, North Tower, now! 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- But inside, it was altogether charming, and the happy bride saw no fault from garret to cellar. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- You will set me down as a species of tyrant and Bluebeard, starving women in a garret; whereasafter all, I am no such thing. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- She had a little room in the garret, where the maids heard her walking and sobbing at night; but it was with rage, and not with grief. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Was this gentleman near me in this dim garret, John Graham--Dr. Bretton himself? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- For the three first days of our inhabiting this garret, we really ran the risk of being starved, as it was impossible to procure any attendance. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- I withdrew from my scanty dinner to my cheap garret-chamber to secure myself a little quiet, and to think undisturbed of Laura and Marian. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- As for Jos, even in that little interview in the garret at the Elephant Inn, she had found means to win back a great deal of his good-will. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Happily I slipped away, and deposited that part of my conscience in my garret bedroom. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- I rushed up garret when the letter came, and tried to thank god for being so good to us, but I could only cry, and say, I'm glad! 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- In squalid garret, on Monday morning Maternity awakes, to hear children weeping for bread. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- But come, we may as well go up garret; I've got a stock of candles there, and some books to pass away the time. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- One or two of the old properties were drawn out of the garrets, where they had lain ever since, and furbished up anew for the present festivities. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Four bed-rooms and two garrets formed the rest of the house. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- The servants retreated into the garrets, with many a cry and shriek. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
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