maisonette

/ˌmeɪzəˈnet/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌmeɪzəˈnet/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌmā-zə-ˈnet -sə-/ (ame, mw)

maisonette — noun

  • maisonettesingular
  • maisonettesplural

1. A home that occupies two connected floors inside a larger building and has a sep

1.名詞B2
釋義

A home that occupies two connected floors inside a larger building and has a separate front door to the outside, so residents do not share hallways or staircases with other tenants.

例句

The young couple bought a maisonette so they could have bedrooms upstairs and a living room downstairs.

two-level layout: upstairs bedrooms, downstairs living room

A small garden behind the maisonette gave the Watanabe family a quiet place to grow vegetables.

maisonette with private outdoor space

同義詞
  • duplex apartment

    American English term for a two-level apartment unit

  • flat

    more general term for any apartment, not specifically two-storey

反義詞
  • bungalow

    a house with all rooms on one floor, the opposite of a two-level layout

文法句型

a + maisonette

maisonette + with + noun phrase

用法筆記

This term is most common in British English; speakers of American English are more likely to say 'duplex apartment' or simply 'apartment' for a similar layout.

常見錯誤

❌I live in a maisonette on a single floor.
✅I live in a maisonette with bedrooms upstairs and a kitchen downstairs.
💡A maisonette must have two storeys inside the same unit.

2. A small, free-standing home that stands alone on its own piece of land, not atta

2.名詞B2
釋義

A small, free-standing home that stands alone on its own piece of land, not attached to other houses.

例句

The stone maisonette stood at the edge of a pine forest, with smoke rising from its chimney.

detached rural setting

Every summer the Patel family rented a white maisonette near the beach for their holiday.

同義詞
  • cottage

    a small country house, often with a rustic feel; more common than 'maisonette' in this sense

  • bungalow

    a single-storey house, while a maisonette may have one or two floors

反義詞
  • mansion

    a very large and impressive house, opposite in scale

文法句型

a + maisonette

maisonette + near / by / at

常見錯誤

❌The ten-storey block has fifty maisonettes inside.
✅The village has fifty small stone maisonettes spread along the coast.
💡A maisonette as a small house is a separate, free-standing building, not a unit inside a larger block.