A semi-detached house is joined to one other house on one side, and open on the other. Two homes share one wall, like twins. Each has its own front door, and usually a bit of garden on the free side.

A semi-detached house is joined to one other house on one side, and open on the othersemi-detached的房子，一邊跟另一棟房子相連，另一邊是開放獨立的。Two homes share one wall, like twins兩戶人家共用一面牆，像雙胞胎一樣。Each has its own front door, and usually a bit of garden on the free side每戶都有自己的前門，開放那一側通常還會有一小塊花園。

This is everyday British housing talk, not a fancy word. People even shorten it to a semi: “They bought a semi.” A detached house stands alone. A terraced house (a row house) is joined on both sides.

This is everyday British housing talk, not a fancy word這是英國日常講房子的說法，不是什麼講究的用詞。People even shorten it to a semi人們甚至會簡稱它為a semi："They bought a semi."「They bought a semi他們買了一間半獨立式房子」。A detached house stands alonedetached house是完全獨立的房子。A terraced house (a row house) is joined on both sidesterraced house（連棟房屋）則是兩邊都跟別的房子相連。

Though actually, from the street a semi-detached pair can look like one big house cut down the middle — because that is close to what it is.

Though actually不過實際上，from the street a semi-detached pair can look like one big house cut down the middle從街上看，一對semi-detached的房子可能看起來就像一整棟大房子從中間切開——because that is close to what it is因為事實上也差不多就是這樣。

Americans more often say duplex for two homes sharing a building, but that word can also mean one home upstairs and one downstairs. If you are reading a UK story, semi-detached is the side-by-side pair.

Americans more often say duplex for two homes sharing a building美國人比較常用duplex來稱呼兩戶共用一棟建築的房子，but that word can also mean one home upstairs and one downstairs不過這個字也可能指樓上樓下各一戶的房子。If you are reading a UK story, semi-detached is the side-by-side pair如果你在讀英國的故事，semi-detached指的就是這種左右並排的一對房子。