| 词汇 | brownstone |
| 释义 | brownstone noun mainly USuk /ˈbraʊn.stəʊn/ us /ˈbraʊn.stoʊn/ [ C ] a house with its front built of a reddish-brown stone, especially common in New York City（尤指多见于纽约的）外墙为褐沙石的房屋 Panoramic Images/Panoramic Images/GettyImages [ U ] a kind of reddish-brown stone used for building（建筑用）赤褐色砂石 Houses & homes A-frame ADU affordable housing almshouse apartment dosshouse dower house duplex efficiency efficiency apartment Nissen hut non-housing old people's home palace palazzo town house townhouse tract house trap house two-up two-down You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Geology: types of rock A big brownstone building confronted them. I wouldn't trade that old building for all the brownstone between here and New York harbour, he declared. It is a room in which all the arts of the undertaker have seemingly been called upon to bring out the full possibilities of the average New York brownstone "front-parlour." It was after half past four when, having walked up five flights of stairs, he let himself into his modest flat on the top floor of an old-fashioned brownstone house. On the east side of the block were four brownstone houses, wide, tall, and roomy. brownstone | American Dictionarybrownstone noun[ C ] us/ˈbrɑʊnˌstoʊn/ a city house with its front built of a red-brown stone Examples of brownstonebrownstone A walkway has been built behind the multiple brownstones to make them easier to navigate. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The series settled on 914 for the brownstone's address. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The district has many old brownstones in various states of repair. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The association features historic brownstones and landmark buildings open for the public to view. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Many abandoned buildings and brownstones have been rehabilitated. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The built environment is often 19th- and early 20th-century row houses or brownstones, mixed with older single-family homes that may be converted to multifamily homes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Residents of older brownstones found the mosquitoes coming from the underground into basements and then through air vents and other openings into the homes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Commerce, meanwhile, was moving up from downtown, and the neighborhood of brownstones was changing. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Railroad apartments are common in tenement or even modern apartment buildings, and are sometimes found in subdivided brownstones. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Amongst brownstones and historic buildings, the school has built many large residence halls. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. By approximately the fourth episode, the usual facade of a series of brownstones adjacent to hers is adopted, and remains that way throughout the series. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Finally, with parking garages and office towers going up on all sides of their turn-of-the-century brownstones, most of the stores were forced to relocate. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A legacy of that 19th century poverty can be seen in the neighborhood's architecture - there are very few brownstones or even brick-faced buildings in the district. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. On the upper stories, there are brownstone windowsills and courses around the house. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The sisters move into a brownstone and try to rebuild their lives out of the ashes of a painful death. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of brownstone 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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