garret
/ˈɡærət/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈɡærət/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈger-ət ˈga-rət/ (ame, mw)
garret — 名詞
- garretsingular
- garretsplural
1. a tiny, often shabby room directly under the roof of a house, traditionally rent
閣樓小屋
屋頂下狹小簡陋的房間
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.
Greta 在一家麵包店樓上租了一間冰冷的閣樓小屋，完成了她的第一本小說。
typical pattern: rent + a garret + above [place]
The young painter lived in a Paris garret with one chair, one bed, and a leaking skylight.
那位年輕畫家住在巴黎一間閣樓小屋裡，只有一張椅子、一張床，還有一扇會漏水的天窗。
common collocation: live in + a garret
Mauricio climbed a narrow wooden staircase to the dusty garret where his grandfather had stored old letters.
Mauricio 爬上一道狹窄的木樓梯，來到爺爺存放舊信件、滿是灰塵的閣樓小屋。
After his money ran out, Christopher moved from a city flat into a cramped garret near the train station.
錢用完之後，Christopher 從市區的公寓搬進火車站附近一間擁擠的閣樓小屋。
Rain dripped through the rafters of the cold garret all winter long.
整個冬天，雨水都從那間又冷又破的閣樓小屋椽木間滴落下來。
- 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.