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大廈,邸
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Mansion \Man"sion\, v. i.
To dwell; to reside. [Obs.] --Mede.
Mansion \Man"sion\, n. [OF. mansion, F. maison, fr. L. mansio a
staying, remaining, a dwelling, habitation, fr. manere,
mansum, to stay, dwell; akin to Gr. ?. Cf. {Manse}, {Manor},
{Menagerie}, {Menial}, {Permanent}.]
1. A dwelling place, -- whether a part or whole of a house or
other shelter. [Obs.]
In my Father's house are many mansions. --John xiv.
2.
These poets near our princes sleep, And in one grave
their mansions keep. --Den?am.
2. The house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence:
Any house of considerable size or pretension.
3. (Astrol.) A twelfth part of the heavens; a house. See 1st
{House}, 8. --Chaucer.
4. The place in the heavens occupied each day by the moon in
its monthly revolution. [Obs.]
The eight and twenty mansions That longen to the
moon. --Chaucer.
{Mansion house}, the house in which one resides;
specifically, in London and some other cities, the
official residence of the Lord Mayor. --Blackstone.
資料來源 : WordNet®
mansion
n 1: (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is
divided [syn: {sign of the zodiac}, {star sign}, {sign},
{house}, {planetary house}]
2: a large and imposing house [syn: {mansion house}, {manse}, {hall},
{residence}]