cottage
cottage — 名詞
1. a small house in a rural area, often built with traditional materials like stone
村舍
鄉村的小房子
a small house in a rural area, often built with traditional materials like stone or thatch
Quan and Sahil bought a small stone cottage in a Cornish village after they retired.
Quan 和 Sahil 退休後在康沃爾的一個村莊買了一棟小石頭村舍。
stone cottage + village — typical location and materials
The old cottage had a thatched roof and a garden full of lavender and roses.
這棟老村舍有茅草屋頂，院子裡種滿了薰衣草和玫瑰。
thatched roof, cottage garden — common associations
Nkechi's grandparents have lived in the same whitewashed cottage near the coast for forty years.
Nkechi 的祖父母已經在海邊同一棟白色村舍住了四十年。
The cottage sat at the end of a narrow lane with sheep in the fields.
村舍坐落在狹窄小路的盡頭，兩邊的田野裡有羊群在吃草。
Rachel and Ziad converted an old stone barn into a cottage for their weekend trips.
Rachel 和 Ziad 把一棟舊石頭穀倉改造成了週末度假的村舍。
- mansion
a very large, grand house
文法句型
a + cottage
cottage + noun (as modifier)
用法筆記
Often used in compound nouns like 'cottage garden', 'cottage kitchen', and 'cottage loaf' to describe a traditional rural style.
2. a small house in the countryside or by the coast that people rent for a short ho
度假屋
供度假租用的小屋
a small house in the countryside or by the coast that people rent for a short holiday
The Watanabe family rented a holiday cottage in Cornwall for the summer break.
渡邊一家在康沃爾租了一棟度假屋過暑假。
holiday cottage — sense-2 collocation
Apinya found a cosy seaside cottage with a balcony overlooking the harbour.
Apinya 找到了一棟舒適的海邊小屋，陽台可以俯瞰港口。
Many cottages in this coastal village are let to tourists during July and August.
這個沿海村莊的許多度假屋都在七月和八月出租給遊客。
Ravindra and Elena booked a cottage in the Lake District for their honeymoon.
Ravindra 和 Elena 在湖區訂了一棟小屋度蜜月。
The cottage had a wood-burning stove and a small garden for guests to sit in.
度假屋裡有一個燒木柴的火爐，還有一個小花園讓客人可以坐在外面。
- vacation home
American English term, often implies the owner uses it too
- holiday let
British English, specifically a rental property
- seaside bungalow
a single-storey coastal house
文法句型
a + cottage
cottage + noun (as modifier)
rent + a + cottage
用法筆記
In British English, 'holiday cottage' is a common fixed phrase. In American English, 'vacation cottage' or 'vacation rental' are more typical.
常見錯誤
3. an offensive slang term for a public toilet, especially one used by men who are
公廁
英國俚語，帶冒犯性
an offensive slang term for a public toilet, especially one used by men who are looking for sexual encounters with other men
In older crime novels, the word 'cottage' refers to a public lavatory used for sexual encounters.
在較舊的犯罪小說中，cottage 這個詞指的是用來發生性行為的公共廁所。
literary/historical context — word itself, not active use
The documentary explained how the slang term 'cottage' became a coded reference in 20th-century London.
這部紀錄片解釋了俚語 cottage 如何在二十世紀的倫敦成為一種暗號。
slang term as subject of explanation
Historians say men used the word 'cottage' as a code for public toilets in post-war London.
歷史學家指出，戰後的倫敦，男性用 cottage 這個詞作為公共廁所的暗號。
A retired London officer told a 1995 interviewer that 'cottage' meant public toilet near Victoria Station in arrest reports.
一位退休的倫敦警察在 1995 年受訪時說，他在逮捕報告中用 cottage 來指維多利亞車站附近的公共廁所。
文法句型
used as a slang noun
用法筆記
⚠️ STRONGLY OFFENSIVE. This sense is derogatory slang. Do NOT use in everyday conversation. Learners should recognise it when reading older British fiction or crime reports, but should never use it themselves. The verb 'cottaging' also exists.