VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤be, feel, look, seem寬敞;感覺寬敞;看上去寬敞;好像很寬敞ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常寬敞▸➤deceptively, surprisingly比看上去寬敞;寬敞得出人意外◇The house benefits from a deceptively spacious kitchen (= that is larger than it seems).房子的廚房要比看上去大,這一點不錯。
spacious ♦︎ cavernous ♦︎ airy ♦︎ roomyThese words all describe a place where there is plenty of space to move around.这些词均表示宽敞的、宽大的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a spacious / a cavernous / an airy room◆a spacious / cavernous / roomy kitchen◆a spacious / cavernous hall◆a spacious / an airy bedroom◆a spacious / roomy house◆bright and spacious / airy■spacious ˈspeɪʃəs (approving) (especially of a room or building) large and with plenty of space for people to move around in(尤指房屋或建筑物)宽敞的◆The rooms are spacious and comfortable.这些房间既宽敞又舒适。◆The boat provides spacious accommodation for five people.这条船上的宽敞空间可供五人住宿。OPPcramped ⇨ cramped■cavernousˈkævənəs; NAmEˈkævərnəs [usually before noun] (written) (of a room or space) very large and often empty and/or dark; like a cave(房间或空间)大而空的,大而昏暗的;像洞穴的◆We stepped into the vast, cavernous space of the empty concert hall.我们走进那巨大而空旷的音乐大厅。■airy (usuallyapproving) with plenty of fresh air because there is a lot of space通风的;空气流通的◆The office is light and airy.这个办公室既明亮又通风。■roomyˈruːmi, ˈrʊmi (ratherinformal, approving) with a lot of space inside宽敞的;宽大的◆The kitchen is roomy enough for five people to sit around the table comfortably.这厨房很宽敞,五个人围桌吃饭都很宽松舒适。NOTE辨析 Spacious or roomy?In some cases you can use either word.在有些情况下这两个词可以通用◆a spacious / roomy house / kitchen宽敞的房子/厨房However, roomy does not usually describe a room or any compounds with -room such as bedroom, bathroom, sitting room, etc.Roomy only describes places inside a building or vehicle; spacious can also describe places outside.不过,roomy通常并不描述room或任何由-room构成的复合词,如bedroom、bathroom、sitting room等。roomy仅描述建筑物或车辆内部的空间;spacious还可描述户外场地◆a spacious garden / plot宽敞的花园;开阔地◆spacious grounds宽敞的庭院