| 词汇 | fixer-upper |
| 释义 | fixer-upper noun[ C ] mainly USinformaluk /ˌfɪk.sərˈʌp.ər/ us /ˌfɪk.sɚˈʌp.ɚ/ a house that is not in good condition, that someone buys with the intention of working on it, improving it, and increasing its value: （状况不佳、购买后修缮以增加价值的）待修房 We could afford a large home here or a fixer-upper in San Francisco.我们可以在这里买一套大房子，或者在旧金山买一套待修的房子。 Houses & homes A-frame ADU affordable housing almshouse apartment dormitory dosshouse dower house duplex efficiency Nissen hut non-housing old people's home palace palazzo town house townhouse tract house trap house two-up two-down fixer-upper | Business Englishfixer-upper noun[ C ] USinformalukus PROPERTY a house or apartment for sale that is in bad condition and needs work: It's a fixer-upper - the roof leaks and the windows need replacing. Examples of fixer-upperfixer-upper Weekends are spent in their transformed fixer-upper at the lake with three baying beagles. From USA TODAY She also saved up enough money to buy her own house: a fixer-upper with spare rooms she may rent out. From TIME If you decide to do a tub fixer-upper, how long will the tub be out of commission? From Plain Dealer At the top in 2007, stocks were levitating to record highs, and fixer-upper homes were selling at mansion prices. From USA TODAY Sure, this 2,000 square-foot, no-windows, no-view property is a bit of a fixer-upper. From Gizmodo Unbeknownst to them, however, a pair of local boys -- bearded, boneheaded, ballcapped -- are headed to the same corner of the wilderness to work on their recently purchased fixer-upper cabin. From NOLA.com It was a definite fixer-upper. From NPR So it's a fixer-upper of a planet. From CBS News These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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