hayloft

/ˈheɪlɒft/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈheɪlɔːft/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈhā-ˌlȯft/ (ame, mw)

hayloft — noun

  • hayloftsingular
  • hayloftsplural

1. the upper floor inside a barn or stable where dried grass is kept to feed horses

1.名詞C1
釋義

the upper floor inside a barn or stable where dried grass is kept to feed horses and cows during winter.

例句

Pedro climbed the wooden ladder into the hayloft to throw down bales for the cows.

climb the ladder + into the hayloft (typical access pattern)

The two children built a secret fort in the hayloft above the horse stalls.

in the hayloft + above [stalls/animals] (typical location phrasing)

同義詞
  • hay barn

    a whole small building for hay, not just an upper floor

  • loft

    general word for any upper storage space; 'hayloft' specifies its purpose

  • mow

    regional / older American word for the same space; rare today

文法句型

the hayloft of [a barn / a stable]

in/up in the hayloft

用法筆記

Almost always singular and definite ('the hayloft') because each barn typically has only one. Often used as the setting for a scene rather than the focus of an action.

常見錯誤

❌Pedro went to a hayloft to buy hay.
✅Pedro went to the feed store to buy hay.
💡a hayloft is the storage space inside someone's barn, not a place where hay is sold.
❌The horse slept in the hayloft.
✅The horse slept in the stall below the hayloft.
💡large farm animals stay on the ground floor; the hayloft is overhead and reached by a ladder.