cellar
cellar — 名詞
1. a room built partly or completely below ground level, under a house or other bui
地窖；地下室
建築物地面下儲存物品的房間
a room built partly or completely below ground level, under a house or other building, where people keep items such as old furniture, tools, or food supplies
Old boxes of tools and jars of jam filled every shelf in the cellar.
地下室裡每個架子上都堆滿了舊工具箱和果醬罐。
countable noun with prepositional phrase describing contents
The Watanabe family stored winter vegetables in their cellar to keep them fresh.
渡邊家把冬季蔬菜存放在地窖裡保鮮。
use + location: stored [something] in [their] cellar
A damp smell rose from the old cellar whenever it rained heavily.
每逢大雨，老地窖就會冒出潮濕的霉味。
Beatriz went down the steps into the dark cellar to fetch a light bulb.
Beatriz 沿著階梯走下陰暗的地窖，去拿一顆燈泡。
Many older houses here have a cellar that runs the full length of the building.
這裡許多老房子都設有貫穿整棟建築物的地下室。
- attic
the highest room in a building, just below the roof
用法筆記
Countable. A cellar is typically smaller and older than a basement, and was often built for food storage rather than as living space. In US English 'basement' is more common for any underground floor of a house.
常見錯誤
2. a special underground or temperature-controlled room where bottles of wine are k
酒窖；藏酒
存放葡萄酒的房間或其藏酒量
a special underground or temperature-controlled room where bottles of wine are kept for aging and serving; also the collection of wines kept in such a room — for example, a restaurant with a fine cellar of French reds and whites
The restaurant's cellar holds over two thousand bottles of wine.
這間餐廳的酒窖裡存放著兩千多瓶葡萄酒。
possessive: [person/institution]'s cellar
Ravi bought a small wine cellar for his apartment to keep his favourite vintages cool.
Ravi 為公寓添購了一座小型酒窖，用來讓心儀的陳年佳釀保持低溫。
countable: a [size/shape] wine cellar
Leila knows the shop's entire cellar — she recommends a bottle for every meal.
Leila 對那家店的藏酒如數家珍——每餐她都能推薦一款適合的酒。
The Kaneshiro family keeps a small cellar under the kitchen stairs for special occasions.
Kaneshiro 一家在廚房樓梯下方設了一個小酒窖，留待特殊場合開瓶享用。
- wine cellar
a more specific term for a cellar used just for wine, or a temperature-controlled wine cabinet
- wine rack
a simple stand or rack that holds bottles at room temperature; not a climate-controlled space
用法筆記
When used as an uncountable noun ('a good cellar', 'a fine cellar'), it refers to the collection or stock of wines a person or business owns, not the physical room. As a countable noun, it can mean either the physical storage space or a specially designed wine cabinet for home use.