1HOME especially American EnglishAmE a set of rooms on one floor of a large building, where someone lives 〔在同一楼层的〕一套住房,公寓套房SYN British English flat
She lives in a small apartment.
她住在一套小公寓里。
2[usually plural]STAY/NOT LEAVE a room or set of rooms used by an important person such as a president 〔总统等要人的〕房间,套房
I had never been in the prince’s private apartments before.
我以前从未进过王子的私人套房。
the presidential apartments
总统套房
COLLOCATIONS
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + apartment
a one-bedroom/two-bedroom etc apartment (also one-bedroomed/two-bedroomed apartmentBritish EnglishBrE) 一居室/两居室等的公寓
A tiny one-bedroom apartment was all she could afford.
她只买得起一间小小的一居室公寓。
a studio apartment (=with just one main room, which you use for sleeping, cooking, and eating) 〔睡觉、做饭和用餐都在一个房间的〕一室公寓,开间公寓
nStudio apartments can be a good option for those who want a cheap place in a good location.
a first-floor/second-floor etc apartment 位于一楼/二楼等的公寓
nWe had a fourth-floor apartment, and it was difficult going up and down all those stairs.
a basement apartment (=below the level of the ground) 地下室公寓
na dark basement apartment
a penthouse apartment (=on the top floor of a building) 顶层公寓
nShe bought a penthouse apartment in Santa Monica.
a luxury apartment 豪华公寓
nThe school has been converted into luxury apartments.
a furnished/unfurnished apartment (=with or without furniture) 有家具的/没有家具的公寓
na luxurious two-bedroomed unfurnished apartment situated in the heart of town
a holiday apartmentBritish EnglishBrE, a vacation apartmentAmerican EnglishAmE 【美】度假公寓
nWe rented a holiday apartment on Mallorca.
verbs
live in an apartment 住在公寓里
He lived in a small apartment on the third floor.
他住在三楼的一套小公寓里。
buy/rent an apartment 买/租公寓
Tom rented an apartment at the top of the building.
汤姆租下了大楼顶层的一套公寓。
share an apartment 合住一套公寓
nI’m sharing the apartment with a group of friends.
own an apartment 拥有一套公寓
nMy parents own an apartment in Madrid.
nmove into/out of an apartment (=start living in a new apartment, or leave an apartment in order to live somewhere else)
They moved into the apartment last Easter.
NOUN + apartment
an apartment building (also an apartment blockBritish EnglishBrE, apartment houseAmerican EnglishAmE) 公寓楼
a five-storey apartment block
五层的公寓楼
n Our apartment building is the last block on the right, opposite the bank.
an apartment complex (=a group of buildings containing apartments) 综合公寓大楼
Examples from the Corpus
apartment• But she soon split with her husband, and she and Nicolae moved into a one-bedroom apartment in Huntington Beach.• a one-bedroom apartment• There was no point in paying rent for an emptyapartment.• Oh, they had a fantasticapartment in New York as well, and two beautiful children.• They went back to her apartment for a cup of coffee.• Primo walks into his apartment, and sets the paper and the bottle of wine on the table.• I walked the stretch of road from our apartment to the Mekong Grocery.• High-riseapartmentbuildings have gone up where once there was open land.• One night, in the late 70s, a large group of people broke into Zofia's apartmentwhile Bronislaw was away.• Small apartment buildings filled with familiesline the street.• Our tinyapartment, it is true, is barely suited for two people, and certainly not for four.