attic

• n. 阁楼；顶楼；鼓室上的隐窝

来自Attic, 雅典别称，指该地一种建筑风格。

1. floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage

2. informal terms for a human head

3. (architecture) a low wall at the top of the entablature; hides the roof

attic

attic: [18] In classical architecture, an Attic order was a pilaster, or square column (the naḿe comes from Attica, a region of ancient Greece of which Athens was the capital). This type of column was often used in a relatively low storey placed above the much higher main façade of a building, which hence became known in the 18th century as an attic storey. It was a short step to applying the word attic itself to an ‘upper storey’; the first record of it in this sense comes in Byron’s Beppo 1817: ‘His wife would mount, at times, her highest attic’.

Attic (adj.)

1590s, "pertaining to Attica," from Latin Atticus, from Greek Attikos "Athenian, of Attica," the region around Athens (see Attica). Attested from 1560s as an architectural term for a type of column base.

attic (n.)

"top story under the roof of a house," 1855, shortened from attic storey (1724). The term Attic order in classical architecture meant a small, square decorative column of the type often used in a low story above a building's main facade, a feature associated with the region around Athens (see Attic). The word then was applied by architects to "a low decorative facade above the main story of a building" (1690s in English) to convey a classical heritage where none exists, and it came to mean the space enclosed by such a structure. The modern use is via French attique. "An attic is upright, a garret is in a sloping roof" [Weekley].

furniture stored in the attic

存放在阁楼的家具

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an attic bedroom

顶楼卧室

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Canteen downstairs in Xiaoge its chimney opposite the attic windows.

食堂就在小阁楼下,它的烟囱正对着阁楼的窗户.

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The little girls slept in the 1 attic in a big feather bed.

女孩们睡在阁楼的一张大羽毛床上.

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There were faint noises coming from the attic.

有一种微弱的声音从阁楼传出.

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I've got boxes of old clothes in the attic.

我在阁楼上有好几箱旧衣服.

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He lay on his side and looked out of the window of the attic.

他侧身躺着,望着顶楼的窗外.

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Over time the visits to the attic became less scary.

过了一段时间,对我们来说去阁楼玩耍不再变得可怕了.

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I found a spinning wheel in the attic.

[我在阁楼中找到了一个缝衣车].

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Check attic and cavity wall insulation quality.

检查阁楼和空心墙绝缘材料的质量.

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We will have to dispose of the mice in the attic.

我们必须消灭阁楼里的老鼠.

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We put some odds and ends in the attic.

我们把一些零碎东西放到阁楼里.

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He boosted her up into the attic.

他把她扶上了阁楼.

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Pack these books together and put them in the attic.

把这些书捆在一起,放到阁楼上去.

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A whole house with a basement, a first floor, a second floor, and an attic?

是那种有地下室 、 一楼 、 二楼和阁楼的一整栋房子喔!

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We could hear mice pattering about in the attic above our heads.

我们能听到老鼠在头顶上的阁楼上窜来窜去.

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A scream came from the attic.

尖叫声从阁楼那里传来.

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I spent the afternoon raking around in the attic for some old family photographs.

我花了一下午在阁楼里寻找一些家庭旧照.

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Cause We trust, love and attic faith.

因为我们相信, 我们爱,我们坚定.

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The attic sloped down from the centre, and the trunk was lying in a far recess.

阁楼从中央倾斜而下, 这个木箱正好放在远端的壁龛里.

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He converted the attic into a bedroom and put in a skylight.

他把屋顶阁楼改成卧室并装上天窗.

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Question: Why are retirees so slow to clean out the basement, attic or garage?

问题: 为什么退休者打扫地下室, 阁楼或汽车房会如此懈怠?

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I've stored my winter clothes ( away ) in the attic.

我把冬天的衣服存放在阁楼里了.

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It's about time we cleared out the attic, it's full of junk.

该把阁楼出空了, 里面堆满了废弃物.

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He housed his old books in the attic.

他把旧书放在楼顶上.

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furniture stored in the attic

存放在阁楼的家具

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The idea evolved from a drawing I discovered in the attic.

这种想法是从我在阁楼里发现的一幅画得到启发的。

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I've cleared out all that old junk in the attic.

我把阁楼里所有的废旧杂物都清除干净了。

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I outfitted an attic bedroom as a studio.

我把阁楼卧室改装成了工作室。

柯林斯例句

There are five bedrooms, a large attic above, and wine cellars below.

有5间卧室，顶层是一个宽敞的阁楼，底下是酒窖。

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