mews
/mjuːz/noun
(复同单)
1- Brit. a row or street of houses or flats that have been converted from stables or built to look like former stables〈英〉马厩房(指由马厩改建或看似旧时马厩的一排住房); 马厩街(指两边住房由马厩改建或看似旧时马厩的小街)。
1.1
- a group of stables, typically with rooms above, built round a yard or along an alley(尤指楼上有住房, 建于院子四周或小巷旁的)马厩, 马车房。
词源
late Middle English: plural of MEW2, originally referring to the royal stables on the site of the hawk mews at Charing Cross, London. The sense 'converted dwellings' dates from the early 19th cent.