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live in an adobe house
They decided to live in an adobe house.
他们决定住在土坯房屋里。
土坯房
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土坯房
a house built of sod or adobe laid in horizontal courses
They decided to live in an adobe house.
他们决定住在土坯房屋里。
用土坯或草皮砌成的房屋
a house built of sod or adobe laid in horizontal courses
The adobe house in the village was built with sun-dried mud bricks.
村子里的那座土坯房屋是用晒干的泥砖建造的。
During summer, the adobe house stayed cool even without air conditioning.
夏天时，那座土坯房屋即使没有空调也保持凉爽。
They decided to install new windows in their adobe house to improve natural light.
他们决定在土坯房屋里安装新窗户以增加自然光线。
They decided to live in an adobe house.
他们决定住在土坯房屋里。
The architect plans to build an adobe house.
建筑师计划建造一座土坯房屋。
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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'。
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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。
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