mid-14c., "chief residence of a lord," from Old French mansion "stay, permanent abode, house, habitation, home; mansion; state, situation" (13c.), from Latin mansionem (nominative mansio) "a staying, a remaining, night quarters, station," noun of action from past participle stem of manere "to stay, abide," from PIE *men- "to remain, wait for" (cognates: Greek menein "to remain," Persian mandan "to remain"). Sense of "any large and stately house" is from 1510s. The word also was used in Middle English as "a stop or stage of a journey," hence probably astrological sense "temporary home" (late 14c.).
实用例句
1. The price tag on the 34-room white Regency mansion is £17.5 million.
那栋有34个房间的摄政时期的白色官邸报价为1,750万英镑。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He remains barricaded inside his heavily-fortified mansion.
他在自己防卫森严的宅院里把自己与外界隔绝开来。
来自柯林斯例句
3. an 18th century country mansion
18世纪的乡村宅第
来自《权威词典》
4. The hotel has the splendour of a nineteenth - century mansion.
