Phrase
adobe house
/əˈdəʊbiː haus/
noun
土坯房
a house built of sod or adobe laid in horizontal courses
- 1.
a house built of sod or adobe laid in horizontal courses
用土坯或草皮砌成的房屋
用土坯或草皮砌成的房屋；土坯房屋
In use
The adobe house in the village was built with sun-dried mud bricks.
During summer, the adobe house stayed cool even without air conditioning.
They decided to install new windows in their adobe house to improve natural light.
live in an adobe house
They decided to live in an adobe house.
他们决定住在土坯房屋里。
build an adobe house
The architect plans to build an adobe house.
建筑师计划建造一座土坯房屋。
Common mistakes
I live in adobe house.I live in an adobe house.
中文没有冠词概念，导致学习者遗漏了不定冠词'an'。英语中单数可数名词前需要冠词，'adobe house'是单数可数名词，所以必须加'an'。
I live in an adobe.I live in an adobe house.
学习者误将'adobe'当作建筑物，实际上'adobe'是指土坯这种材料，而'adobe house'才是土坯房屋。在英语中，材料名称不能直接指代建筑物。
Connections
Confusing words
- abode
- 住所 · abode指居住的地方，adobe是建筑材料（土坯）
- mud house
- 泥屋 · mud house通常指用泥巴直接建造的房屋，而adobe house是用土坯砖建造的
- brick house
- 砖房 · brick house用烧制的砖建造，而adobe house用晒干的土坯砖
Word family
- adobe
- 土坯 · n.
- adobe brick
- 土坯砖 · n.
- adobe wall
- 土坯墙 · n.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT.