A penthouse is a very expensive, comfortable apartment — or a set of rooms — on the top floor of a building, often with a terrace and a wide view. In films and in property ads it means luxury: the richest home in the tower.

A penthouse penthouse is指 a very expensive, comfortable apartment一種非常昂貴、舒適的公寓 — or a set of rooms或一組房間 — on the top floor of a building位在一棟大樓的頂樓, often with a terrace and a wide view常常帶有露台和開闊的視野。In films and in property ads在電影和房地產廣告裡, it它 means代表的是 luxury奢華: the richest home in the tower整棟大樓裡最頂級的家。

Though actually, it did not begin as a fancy rooftop house, and it is not “pent” plus “house” in the way it looks. The older word was a lean-to with a sloping roof stuck on the side of a building. English later reshaped the spelling so it looked like house, and the meaning climbed to the top floor.

Though actually不過, it它 did not begin as一開始並不是 a fancy rooftop house豪華的頂樓小屋, and而且 it它 is not不是 “pent” plus “house” in the way it looks表面看起來的那樣是「pent」加「house」組成的字。The older word比較舊的用法 was是指 a lean-to with a sloping roof一個斜屋頂的小棚子 stuck on the side of a building貼在建築物側邊。English英文 later reshaped the spelling後來把拼法改成 so it looked like house讓它看起來像house這個字, and而 the meaning climbed to the top floor意思也跟著爬到了頂樓。

In careful everyday English, a plain flat on the top floor is just a top-floor apartment; penthouse carries the expensive, glamorous colour. You may still meet the old “extra roof stuck on” idea in architecture history, but students almost always need the luxury-apartment sense.

In careful everyday English在講究的日常英文裡, a plain flat on the top floor一間普通的頂樓公寓 is just就只是 a top-floor apartment頂樓公寓; penthouse penthouse carries帶有的是 the expensive, glamorous colour昂貴、光鮮的色彩。You may still meet你還是可能會遇到 the old “extra roof stuck on” idea舊有那個「側邊加蓋屋頂」的概念 in architecture history在建築史裡, but不過 students學生 almost always need幾乎都需要的是 the luxury-apartment sense豪華公寓這個意思。