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/ˈkɑːtɪdʒ/ · /ˈkɒtɪdʒ/
a small house in the countryside, especially an old one — the word is used most often about houses in Britain, and often about one you rent for a holiday.
鄉間小屋
複數 cottages
核心畫面
Picture a small, low house standing on its own in the countryside — often old, often stone or brick, the kind of place a family rents for a week by the sea or in the hills. The word carries the smallness and the rural setting together: not a , not a suburban house, but a modest little dwelling away from the city.
可以想成鄉間路邊那種獨棟的小房子：屋子不大、通常有點年紀，石牆或磚牆，門前一小片草地。它的味道同時來自兩件事——「小…更多收起
可以想成鄉間路邊那種獨棟的小房子：屋子不大、通常有點年紀，石牆或磚牆，門前一小片草地。它的味道同時來自兩件事——「小」和「在鄉下」。這個字最常用來講英國的房子，也常指人們放假時租來住上一週的那種小屋。原始詞典資料9 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Cottagename
- 1
A township in Saline County, Illinois.
- 2
An unincorporated community in Macon County, Missouri, United States.
- 3
A village in Rivière du Rempart District, Mauritius.
cottagenoun/ˈkɒt.ɪd͡ʒ/
- 1
A small house.
- So when four years were wholly finished, / She threw her royal robes away. / “Make me a cottage in the vale,” she said, / “Where I may mourn and pray.
- 2
A seasonal home of any size or stature, a recreational home or a home in a remote location.
- Most cottages in the area were larger and more elaborate than my home.
- Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’ and if you don't look out there's likely to be some nice, lively dog taking an interest in your underpinning.”
- 3
archaicslangA public lavatory.
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A meeting place for homosexual men.
cottageverb/ˈkɒt.ɪd͡ʒ/
- 1
To stay at a seasonal home, to go cottaging.
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To have homosexual sex in a public lavatory; to practice cottaging.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。