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A pied-à-terre is a small apartment or house you keep in a city (or another town) that is not your main home. You own it, or at least you have it to use, and you stay there now and then — for work, for a night after a show, for a few days in town.
A pied-à-terre pied-à-terre is a small apartment or house是你在城裡（或另一個城鎮）留的一間小公寓或小房子 that is not your main home但不是你的主要住家 You own it, or at least you have it to use你可能擁有它，或至少可以使用它 and you stay there now and then而且偶爾會去住 for work, for a night after a show, for a few days in town像是為了工作、看完表演後住一晚、或在城裡待個幾天
The name is French and still sounds a bit fancy in English; people who say it are often talking about a flat in the centre of a big city, not a tent.
The name is French這個名字是法文 and still sounds a bit fancy in English在英文裡聽起來還是有點高級 people who say it會用這個詞的人 are often talking about a flat in the centre of a big city通常是在講大城市市中心的一間公寓 not a tent而不是帳篷
Though actually it need not be grand: the point is a place to put your feet down when you are away from your real home, not a second palace.
Though actually不過其實 it need not be grand它不需要多豪華 the point is a place to put your feet down when you are away from your real home重點是離開真正的家時有個地方可以落腳 not a second palace而不是第二座宮殿
It is not a hotel, and it is not the house where your family lives all year.
It is not a hotel它不是飯店 and it is not the house where your family lives all year也不是你家人一年到頭住的那個家
組成Borrowed from French pied-à-terre, literally “foot on the ground”: pied (foot) + à (on) + terre (ground).
原始詞典資料1 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。
pied-à-terrenoun/pi.eɪ.dəˈtɛɹ/
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A smaller temporary or secondary lodging; a second home, especially one in the city.
- But the pied-à-terre at the embassy provides little privacy and has none of the grandeur for the formal events that an American ambassador posted to the United States’ closest Middle East ally is expected to host.
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。