mansion

/ˈmænʃn/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈmænʃn/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈman(t)-shən/ (ame, mw)

mansion — 名詞

  • mansionsingular
  • mansionsplural

1. A very big house belonging to wealthy people, often with many bedrooms, a garden

1.名詞B1
釋義

豪宅

非常龐大且造價昂貴的私人住宅

A very big house belonging to wealthy people, often with many bedrooms, a garden, and extra buildings for guests or staff.

例句

The old red-brick mansion at the edge of town has been empty for years.

小鎮邊緣那棟古老的紅磚豪宅已經空置多年了。

Mateo's family turned their country mansion into a hotel with a spa and golf course.

Mateo 一家把他們的鄉間豪宅改建成了一家附有水療中心和高爾夫球場的飯店。

collocation: turn + [place] + into + [new use]

同義詞
  • manor

    historically tied to a landed estate; more old-fashioned, often refers to the main building on a farm or estate

  • estate

    refers to the house together with its land and outbuildings, not just the building itself

  • villa

    a large house in the countryside or by the sea, usually less grand than a mansion and often used as a holiday home

反義詞
  • shack

    a very small, poorly built home

  • cottage

    a small, simple house, often in the countryside

文法句型

a/an + adjective + mansion

mansion + [prepositional phrase]

用法筆記

Frequently modified by adjectives describing size, age, or location (old, Victorian, beachfront, country). Unlike 'house', 'mansion' always implies luxury and grand scale — calling an ordinary large home a 'mansion' sounds exaggerated.

常見錯誤

❌They bought a big new house and called it a mansion.
✅They bought a big new house
💡it was comfortable, but not really a mansion.' — 'mansion' implies wealth and grandeur, not just size.
❌We rented a villa in Spain for the summer and called it a mansion.
✅We rented a villa in Spain for the summer.
💡A villa is a holiday home, often smaller and less grand than a mansion.