apartment

apartment
noun
  1. (chiefly N. Amer.)a suite of rooms forming one residence, typically in a building containing a number of these; a flat
    (主 北美)一套公寓房间;一套公寓
    ■a block containing such flats; an apartment building
    公寓大楼
    ■(apartments)a suite of rooms in a very large or grand house set aside for the private use of a monarch or noble
    豪华公寓套房
    the Imperial apartments.
    皇家公寓。
语源
  1. mid 17th cent. (denoting a suite of rooms for the use of a particular person or group): from French appartement, from Italian appartamento, from appartare 'to separate', from a parte 'apart'
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