brownstone
英 [ˈbraʊn.stəʊn]
美 [ˈbraʊn.stoʊn]
- n. 赤褐色砂石建筑；褐色砂石
- adj. 上流社会的；富有阶级的
- n. (Brownstone)人名；(英)布朗斯通
英语词源
- brownstone (n.)
- "dark sandstone," 1858, from brown (adj.) + stone (n.). As "house or building fronted with brownstone" from 1948.
权威例句
- 1. A dead tree stands to the right of a tumbledown brownstone house.
- 在一座破败的褐砂石房子的右侧,矗立着一棵枯树.
- 2. Trimble paused, looking carefully at the brownstone house.
- 崔博停了下来, 很仔细地看着这褐色砂石墙的房子.