- 1nC1
/ˈletɪŋ/
A house, flat, or room that someone can rent. This is the British English word for a place that is offered for rent, often for a short stay.
出租的房子;出租物件
複數 lettings
核心畫面
Behind this noun sits the verb let in its 'let someone use your property for money' sense. A letting is the thing that comes out of that: a house, flat, or room standing ready with a price on it, waiting for a tenant. It is British English, and it often points at short-stay places — a holiday letting by the sea.
這個名詞背後是動詞 let 的「把房子讓別人用、收租金」那一面。letting 就是這件事變成的東西:一間標好價錢、…更多收起
這個名詞背後是動詞 let 的「把房子讓別人用、收租金」那一面。letting 就是這件事變成的東西:一間標好價錢、等房客上門的房子、公寓或房間。可以想成房仲窗上那一排卡片,每張卡片就是一個 letting。這是英式用法,而且常指短期出租的物件,例如 a holiday letting(度假出租屋)。原始詞典資料3 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。
lettingnoun/ˈlɛtɪŋ/
- 1
Synonym of tenancy.
- House lettings are holding up despite fears that the buy-to-let boom could be running out of steam, according to specialist lender Paragon Mortgages.
- 2
datedThe award of a public contract
- Another letting is announced to occur, probably on the 23rd of February, and at both of these lettings, contracts aggregating more than two million dollars are to be awarded.
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。