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A dormer is a window built out from a roof, so it sticks up in its own little box with its own small roof. Houses with attics often have them: the slope would be too low for a normal wall window, so the builder pushes a window out of the roof.
A dormer is a window built out from a sloping roofDormer是從斜屋頂凸出來的窗戶， so it sticks up in its own little box with its own small roof有自己的小盒子造型，還有自己的小屋頂 Houses with attics often have them有閣樓的房子常常會有dormer： the slope would be too low for a normal wall window因為斜屋頂那邊裝一般牆面窗戶會太低， so the builder pushes a window out of the roof所以建商就把窗戶從屋頂推出來裝
That brings light into the room under the roof and gives people a bit more space to stand.
That brings light into the room under the roof這樣可以讓屋頂下的房間有光線， and gives people a bit more space to stand也讓人多一點站立的空間
In house talk, “dormer” can mean the whole sticking-out structure, not only the glass; people also say “dormer window.” It is an ordinary building word — you will meet it in house ads and with builders more than in casual chat.
In house talk, "dormer" can mean the whole sticking-out structure, not only the glass在講房子的時候，「dormer」可以指整個凸出來的結構，不只是玻璃窗； people also say "dormer window."人們也會說「dormer window」。 It is an ordinary building word這是個很普通的建築用字， you will meet it in house ads and with builders more than in casual chat你會在房屋廣告和跟建商討論時遇到，而不是日常閒聊裡
It is not a skylight: a skylight sits flat in the slope, while a dormer stands out from it.
It is not a skylight它不是skylight（天窗）： a skylight sits flat in the slopeskylight是平貼在斜屋頂上的， while a dormer stands out from it而dormer則是從屋頂凸出來的
組成From Middle French dormoir, “sleeping room,” from dormir, “to sleep.” These windows belonged to attic rooms where people slept, so the window took the sleeping-room name. (A later English reading as dorm + -er is sometimes shown; the French sleeping-room story is the one to keep.)
原始詞典資料4 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。
Dormername/ˈdɔː(ɹ)mə(ɹ)/
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A surname from Irish.
dormernoun詞源 1/ˈdɔɹmɚ/
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architectureA room-like, roofed projection from a sloping roof.
- Then we came to a high white wall that surrounded a large garden, and within it was a long, massive building of some beauty and pretension, with a high, latticed belfry and heavy walls and with arched dormers in the sloping roof.
dormernoun詞源 2/ˈdɔɹmɚ/
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A resident of a dormitory.
- My dorm mates and I had a little get-together in our room on the second floor. We were just talking and weren't making much noise when we heard a knock on our door. It was a dormer from the room directly below us. She asked if we were cleaning and we told her that we weren't. She left but came back a little while later and asked the same question again. We asked her if our matron wants us to clean up. The dormer said no and left. But after a few minutes, she came up again and again asked if we were cleaning our room because she could hear the noise down in her room.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
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。