hutch
/hʌtʃ/ (bre, ipa) · /hʌtʃ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈhəch/ (ame, mw)
hutch — 名詞
- hutchsingular
- hutchesplural
1. a small home for pet rabbits or similar little animals, built like a box with on
兔籠
養兔子等小動物的木製籠子
a small home for pet rabbits or similar little animals, built like a box with one side covered in wire so air and light can come through.
Shanti cleaned out the rabbit hutch every Saturday morning before breakfast.
Shanti 每個星期六早上吃早餐前都會清理兔籠。
collocation: rabbit hutch
Karim built a wooden hutch with two levels for his guinea pigs.
Karim 為他的天竺鼠做了一個兩層的木製兔籠。
The hutch sat under an oak tree to keep the rabbits cool in summer.
兔籠放在橡樹下，讓兔子在夏天能涼快一些。
Folake's children fed lettuce to the rabbits through the wire front of the hutch.
Folake 的孩子們透過兔籠前面的鐵絲網餵兔子吃萵苣。
A fox got into the garden last night and broke open the hutch.
昨晚有狐狸跑進院子，把兔籠弄破了。
文法句型
keep/put [animal] in a hutch
用法筆記
Almost always paired with a small pet name: 'rabbit hutch' is the canonical collocation; 'guinea pig hutch' is also common.
常見錯誤
2. a tall wooden piece of furniture for the dining room, with open shelves on top f
餐具櫃
上層開放陳列、下層收納的餐廳家具
a tall wooden piece of furniture for the dining room, with open shelves on top for showing off nice plates or cups, and closed cupboards underneath for storing things away.
Sumin arranged her grandmother's blue teacups on the top shelf of the hutch.
Sumin 把祖母的藍色茶杯排在餐具櫃的最上層。
pattern: arrange [items] on the shelf of the hutch
The dining room had a tall pine hutch standing against the back wall.
餐廳裡有一個高大的松木餐具櫃靠在後牆邊。
Gabriel keeps the good wine glasses in the bottom cupboard of the hutch.
Gabriel 把好的紅酒杯放在餐具櫃下方的櫥櫃裡。
Renata polished the hutch every spring before the family Easter lunch.
Renata 每年春天都會在全家復活節午餐前擦亮餐具櫃。
The antique shop had a beautiful oak hutch from the 1890s for sale.
古董店裡有一個 1890 年代的橡木餐具櫃要賣。
- dresser
British term for the same piece of furniture; in America 'dresser' means a bedroom chest of drawers
- china cabinet
more specifically for displaying fine china behind glass doors
- sideboard
shorter, with no upper shelves; used for serving food
文法句型
a hutch of [material]
in/on the hutch
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this is dining-room furniture, not an animal home. Often described by wood type (pine hutch, oak hutch) rather than by what it holds.
3. a tiny rough building someone lives in, usually thrown together quickly from boa
簡陋小屋
搭得粗糙、空間狹小的住處
a tiny rough building someone lives in, usually thrown together quickly from boards or scrap, with very little space inside.
Jude grew up in a wooden hutch at the edge of the rail yard.
Jude 在鐵路調車場邊的一間木造簡陋小屋裡長大。
The old miner lived alone in a one-room hutch high up the mountain.
那位老礦工獨自住在山上一間單房的簡陋小屋裡。
After the storm, only a few rough hutches were left standing by the river.
暴風雨過後，河邊只剩下幾間粗糙的簡陋小屋還立著。
Christopher described his first apartment as more of a hutch than a flat.
Christopher 形容他的第一間公寓比較像簡陋小屋，而不是套房。
- mansion
a large grand house — the opposite end of the scale
文法句型
live in a hutch
用法筆記
Often used to emphasise how small or poorly built the dwelling is; carries a sense of pity or rough living.