penthouse

英 ['pentha?s] 美['p?ntha?s]

暢通詞匯TEM8

復數:?penthouses;

1. append => penthouse.
2. => "additional attached part, attached building, appendage".

penthouse 閣樓豪華套房

來自盎格魯法語pantiz,縮寫自古法語apentis,附屬，懸掛，來自拉丁語appendere,懸掛，依附，詞源同append,pendant.原指樓頂臨時搭建的小帳篷或小屋子之類，后用于指閣樓豪華套房。拼寫受house影響俗化。

penthouse: penthouse: [14] Penthouse has no etymological connection with house. It comes from Anglo- Norman *pentis, an abbreviated version of Old French apentis. This in turn went back to Latin appendicium ‘additional attached part’, a derivative of appendēre ‘attach’ (source of English append [15] and appendix [16]), which was a compound verb formed from the prefix ad- ‘to’ and pendēre ‘hang’ (source of English pending, pendulum, etc).

It arrived in English as pentis, and was used for a sort of ‘lean-to with a sloping roof’. A perceived semantic connection with houses led by the late 14th century to its reformulation as penthouse, but its application to a ‘(luxurious) flat on top of a tall block’ did not emerge until the 20th century.
=> append, pendulum
penthouse (n.): pendize, early 14c., from Anglo-French pentiz, a shortening of Old French apentis "attached building, appendage," from Medieval Latin appendicium, from Latin appendere "to hang" (see append). Modern spelling is from c. 1530, by folk etymology influence of Middle French pente "slope," and English house (the meaning at that time was "attached building with a sloping roof or awning"). Originally a simple structure (Middle English homilies describe Jesus' birthplace in the manger as a "penthouse"); meaning "apartment or small house built on the roof of a skyscraper" first recorded 1921, from which time dates its association with luxury.

2. The manager himself ushered Jill to an enormous penthouse suite.: 經理親自陪吉爾走進一套寬敞的樓頂套間.

4. Two bedroom ( 4 persons ) fully self contained split level penthouse apartment.: 兩居室 ( 4位客人 ) 全裝修復式頂層閣樓.