mews

mews
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  1. (Brit.)a row or street of houses or flats that have been converted from stables or built to look like former stables
    (英)马厩房(指由马厩改建或看似旧时马厩的一排住房);马厩街(指两边住房由马厩改建或看似旧时马厩的小街)
    ■a group of stables, typically with rooms above, built round a yard or along an alley
    (尤指楼上有住房,建于院子四周或小巷旁的)马厩,马车房
语源
  1. late Middle English: plural of mew, originally referring to the royal stables on the site of the hawk mews at Charing Cross, London. The sense 'converted dwellings' dates from the early 19th cent
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