In the United States, the building where the lawmakers of one state meet and work. Each of the fifty states has its own government with its own lawmakers, separate from the national government in Washington, D.C., and the statehouse is where that state's lawmakers sit — usually a large old building with a dome, in the state's capital city.

In the United States在美國 the building where the lawmakers of one state meet and workstatehouse指某一州議員開會辦公的建築物 Each of the fifty states has its own government with its own lawmakers五十個州各自有自己的政府和議員 separate from the national government in Washington, D.C.跟華盛頓特區的聯邦政府是分開的 and the statehouse is where that state's lawmakers sitstatehouse就是那個州議員所在的地方 usually a large old building with a dome通常是一棟有圓頂的老建築 in the state's capital city位在那個州的首府

So Ohio's statehouse is in Columbus, and Massachusetts's is in Boston.

So Ohio's statehouse is in Columbus所以Ohio（俄亥俄州）的statehouse在Columbus（哥倫布市） and Massachusetts's is in Boston而Massachusetts（麻州）的在Boston（波士頓）

It is written both as one word, statehouse, and as two, state house, and the capital letter comes and goes; you will see all of these.

It is written both as one word, statehouse這個字可以寫成一個字statehouse and as two, state house也可以寫成兩個字state house and the capital letter comes and goes大寫小寫也都有人用 you will see all of these這些寫法你都會看到

Newspapers use it a lot, and often not about the building at all but about the state government as a whole: "a fight at the statehouse" means a political fight among those lawmakers, not people fighting in a corridor. Reporters who cover state politics are called statehouse reporters for the same reason.

Newspapers use it a lot報紙很常用這個字 and often not about the building at all but about the state government as a whole而且常常根本不是在講那棟建築，而是在講整個州政府 'a fight at the statehouse' means a political fight among those lawmakers'a fight at the statehouse'指的是那些議員之間的政治鬥爭 not people fighting in a corridor不是有人在走廊上打架 Reporters who cover state politics are called statehouse reporters for the same reason跑州政治新聞的記者因此被稱為statehouse reporters

Note that this is an American word for an American thing. Other countries do not have statehouses, and a Taiwanese student will mostly meet the word in US news.

Note that this is an American word for an American thing要注意這是個美國字，指的也是美國特有的東西 Other countries do not have statehouses其他國家沒有statehouse這種東西 and a Taiwanese student will mostly meet the word in US news台灣學生大概只會在美國新聞裡遇到這個字

Do not confuse it with the White House, which is where the US president lives, or with the Capitol in Washington, which is the national one.

Do not confuse it with the White House不要跟White House（白宮）搞混 which is where the US president lives那是美國總統住的地方 or with the Capitol in Washington也不要跟華盛頓的the Capitol（國會大廈）搞混 which is the national one那是全國性的那一個