mansion

mansion — noun

1. A very big house belonging to wealthy people, often with many bedrooms, a garden

1.名詞B1
釋義

A very big house belonging to wealthy people, often with many bedrooms, a garden, and extra buildings for guests or staff.

例句

The old red-brick mansion at the edge of town has been empty for years.

Mateo's family turned their country mansion into a hotel with a spa and golf course.

collocation: turn + [place] + into + [new use]

同義詞
  • manor

    historically tied to a landed estate; more old-fashioned, often refers to the main building on a farm or estate

  • estate

    refers to the house together with its land and outbuildings, not just the building itself

  • villa

    a large house in the countryside or by the sea, usually less grand than a mansion and often used as a holiday home

反義詞
  • shack

    a very small, poorly built home

  • cottage

    a small, simple house, often in the countryside

文法句型

a/an + adjective + mansion

mansion + [prepositional phrase]

用法筆記

Frequently modified by adjectives describing size, age, or location (old, Victorian, beachfront, country). Unlike 'house', 'mansion' always implies luxury and grand scale — calling an ordinary large home a 'mansion' sounds exaggerated.

常見錯誤

❌They bought a big new house and called it a mansion.
✅They bought a big new house
💡it was comfortable, but not really a mansion.' — 'mansion' implies wealth and grandeur, not just size.
❌We rented a villa in Spain for the summer and called it a mansion.
✅We rented a villa in Spain for the summer.
💡A villa is a holiday home, often smaller and less grand than a mansion.