manse

IPA/mæns/
IPA/mæns/

manse — 名詞

  • mansesingular
  • mansesplural

1. a home where a Christian minister lives, owned by the church and given for free

1.名詞C2
釋義

牧師宅邸

教會提供給牧師居住的房屋

a home where a Christian minister lives, owned by the church and given for free use while the minister serves that congregation; especially common in Scotland and Presbyterian traditions.

例句

Ryan grew up in a draughty stone manse just outside the village of Crieff.

Ryan 在 Crieff 村外一棟漏風的石造牧師宅邸裡長大。

noun phrase: a stone/old/Victorian manse

The church council voted to repair the roof of the manse before winter arrived.

教會委員會投票決定在冬天來臨前修好牧師宅邸的屋頂。

collocation: roof / kitchen / garden of the manse

同義詞
  • vicarage

    Church of England equivalent; for an Anglican vicar's house

  • rectory

    house of a rector, usually Anglican or Catholic

  • parsonage

    general term for a clergy house, common in American English

文法句型

the manse at/in [place]

用法筆記

Refers specifically to a Christian (often Presbyterian) minister's church-owned home, not just any clergy housing — the equivalent term in the Church of England is 'vicarage' or 'rectory'.

常見錯誤

❌The imam lives in a manse near the mosque.
✅The imam lives in a house near the mosque.
💡'manse' is reserved for a Christian (especially Presbyterian) minister's house.

2. a big, grand-looking private home set on its own grounds, the kind that makes vi

2.名詞C2
釋義

大宅；豪宅

佔地廣闊、氣派十足的私人大房子

a big, grand-looking private home set on its own grounds, the kind that makes visitors stop and stare; used to picture wealth and impressive scale rather than ordinary family housing.

例句

The tech founder bought a hilltop manse with twelve bedrooms and a private vineyard.

這位科技創辦人買下一棟山頂大宅，有十二間臥室和一座私人葡萄園。

collocation: hilltop / countryside / suburban manse

Photos of the singer's California manse spread across every gossip site within hours.

那位歌手在加州豪宅的照片，幾小時內就傳遍每個八卦網站。

noun phrase: [place-name] manse

同義詞
  • mansion

    most common everyday word for a large grand house

  • estate

    emphasises the land as well as the building

  • residence

    neutral formal word; lacks the 'grand' implication of manse

反義詞

文法句型

a [adjective] manse

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 1: this sense carries no religious meaning and is used by journalists, novelists, and real-estate listings to evoke a grand private estate. Subject is typically a wealthy individual or famous family.

常見錯誤

❌They bought a small manse in the city centre.
✅They bought a small townhouse in the city centre.
💡'manse' implies grand scale and grounds; a small city house does not fit.