[countableC]TBB a house in the US with a front made of reddish-brown stone, common in New York City 褐(砂)石房屋〔多见于纽约市〕
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brownstone• I hated her because she was rich and lived in a big brownstone up near Stevens Institute of Technology.• Soon the neatstores were replaced by fadedbrownstones and tumbledowncolonial houses.• To Katherine, a New Yorker, used to apartmentblocks and intimatebrownstones, it was trebly impressive.• Her building on Seventy-eighth turned out to be an Italianate brownstone closer to First than Second.• It was there as soon as she passed through the doors of their East Side brownstone.• I had stared over the famouslandscape: the three bridges, the brownstones of Brooklyn Heights.• He was surprised how unimposing the brownstone looked now.• And now Ralph spent whole eveningsadmiring Pinkus's house, a handsome three-window-wide brownstone on a clean street.