garret
/ˈɡærət/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈɡærət/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈger-ət ˈga-rət/ (ame, mw)
garret — noun
- garretsingular
- garretsplural
1. a tiny, often shabby room directly under the roof of a house, traditionally rent
a tiny, often shabby room directly under the roof of a house, traditionally rented cheaply by struggling artists, writers, or the very poor.
Greta rented a freezing garret above a bakery while she finished her first novel.
typical pattern: rent + a garret + above [place]
The young painter lived in a Paris garret with one chair, one bed, and a leaking skylight.
common collocation: live in + a garret
Mauricio climbed a narrow wooden staircase to the dusty garret where his grandfather had stored old letters.
After his money ran out, Christopher moved from a city flat into a cramped garret near the train station.
Rain dripped through the rafters of the cold garret all winter long.
- attic
neutral and modern; the everyday word for the space just under a roof, without 'garret' implications of poverty
- loft
may refer to an attic-style living space, but often suggests something stylish or converted, the opposite mood from 'garret'
- attic room
explicitly the inhabited room version of an attic; neutral register, no shabby connotation
- penthouse
luxurious top-floor flat; opposite of the cramped, poor garret
文法句型
a + garret
in + a/the + garret
用法筆記
Strongly literary and dated; mostly appears in historical novels or descriptions of 19th-century Bohemian artist life. In modern Taiwan English contexts, 'attic room' or 'tiny rooftop room' is far more natural for everyday speech.