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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- basement ['beɪsmənt]
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1.
n
a partly or wholly underground storey of a building, esp the one immediately below the main floor - Compare cellar
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2.
n
(as modifier)
- a basement flat
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3.
n
the foundation or substructure of a wall or building
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4.
n
[geology]
a part of the earth's crust formed of hard igneous or metamorphic rock that lies beneath the cover of soft sedimentary rock, sediment, and soil
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1.
n
a partly or wholly underground storey of a building, esp the one immediately below the main floor - Compare cellar
Examples
- Water collects in the basement.
- 水积在地下室。 → collect
- I think I heard a mouse in the basement last night.
- 我想我昨天夜里听见地窖里有老鼠的声音。 → basement
- The cafeteria is on the basement level.
- 自助餐厅在地下一层。 → level
- We found rusty shots in the basement.
- 我们在地窖里找到一些生锈的子弹。 → shot
- The rubbish is kept in the basement.
- 垃圾是放在地下室的。 → keep
- a basement flat → basement
- 这些珍贵的古籍都保存在寺庙的地宫里面。
- These precious ancient books were preserved in the temple's basement. → 地宫
- 这间地下室的租金比较便宜。
- The rent for this basement is comparatively cheap. → 地下室
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