Granny flat
n. （住宅中的）老奶奶套间
📖 牛津释义
granny flat
(infml 口) flat for an old person, esp in a relative's house 老奶奶套间（供老人住的一套房间, 尤指於亲戚家中者）.
🧩 词语组成解析
flat
[flæt]
adj. 平的;单调的;不景气的;干脆的;
adv. （尤指贴着另一表面）平直地;断然地;水平地;直接地，完全地;
n. 平地;公寓;平面;
vt. 使变平;[音乐]使（音调）下降，尤指降半音;
vi. 逐渐变平;[音乐]以降调唱（或奏）;
🗣️ 情景例句
Thank you. Would you like something to drink? A cup of coffee?
谢谢。你想喝点儿什么？来杯咖啡吗？
Don't forget to phone to let us know you arrived safely.
不要忘记打电话，告诉我们你已经安全抵达。
This shows how long it was before we deemed it necessary to make sure that all our children could share in the knowledge accumulated by the'happy few' during the past centuries.
这说明，经过了多么漫长的时间之后，我们才认识到，有必要确保我们的孩子享有多少个世纪以来由‘少数幸运者’所积累起来的知识。