chalet
chalet 英 [ˈʃæleɪ] 美 [ʃæˈleɪ]
n. 瑞士山中的牧人小屋;瑞士的农舍;小屋
名词复数:chalets
- A chalet is a style of house that's mainly found in the Swiss Alps. Most chalets are made of wood and have a very wide, heavy roof that slopes down.
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- n. 瑞士山中的牧人小屋;瑞士的农舍;小屋
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1. "What if we substituted cheek-kissing and handshakes with an imaginative and colorful language such as sign language?" chalet told Reuters by phone from Nantes in western France.
Chalet在法国西部城市南特接受路透电话采访时说:“我们用丰富多彩的手语代替亲吻面部、握手等怎麽样?”
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2. We can work as efficiently from a ski chalet in Aspen or a country house in Provence as from an office in Silicon Valley.
我们可以高效率地工作,不管是在艾普森的一个滑雪的小木屋里,或者某个省的乡间小屋里,或者硅谷的办公室里。
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3. This latest show of power, in other words, gives them all the more time to enjoy the Swiss chalet and the private jet.
换句话说,对饮食的掌控让他们拥有更多的时间享受瑞士别墅和私人飞机。
- chalet (n.) 1782, from Swiss-French chalet "herdsman's hut, Alpine cottage," probably a diminutive of Old French chasel "farmhouse, house, abode, hut," perhaps from Vulgar Latin *casalis "belonging to a house," from Latin casa "house;" or from Old Provençal cala "small shelter for ships," from a pre-Latin language [Barnhart].
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