stately home

noun

1. （尤指供人参观的）豪华古宅
   a large, impressive house of historical interest, especially one that the public may visit

1. (尤指可买票参观的)豪华宅第
   A stately home is a very large old house, especially one that people can pay to visit.

1. He and his wife of 62 years, Betty, do keep a stately home in Silicon Valley.
   他与妻子，现年62岁的贝蒂，在硅谷还有一栋豪宅。
2. She has previously said a stately home of Downton Abbeys size would, in the early 20th century when the programme is set, have had up to 60 domestic staff.
   她之前还说过，电视剧设定场景是20世纪初期，那时像唐顿庄园一样大的名门望族至少要有60名佣人。
3. Two handsome young aristocrats will pay a visit to the stately home during series four, The Daily Telegraph can disclose, with producers dropping strong hints that one will attempt to mend Lady Marys broken heart.
   第四季中，两位帅气的年轻贵族绅士将会拜访唐顿庄园。《每日电讯》已收到制作人强烈的暗示，现在可以透露说，其中有一位绅士将会抚慰我们大小姐那颗受伤的心。
4. Florence was neglected and coldly looked upon, and his breast was full of youthful interest for the slighted child in her dull, stately home.
   弗洛伦斯是被轻视和冷落的，他在心中对这位在她那沉闷、庄严的家中被看不起的孩子满怀着年轻人的兴趣。
5. Priceless antique furniture was destroyed in the fire at the stately home.
   那座富丽堂皇的宅第里价值连城的古董家具在大火中付之一炬了。
6. It is worth mentioning that I had to venture out of my host's box ( in which everyone but me seemed either to be called Orlando or to have a stately home) and drop into another one to meet him.
   值得一提的是，我不得不冒昧地离开我的东道主的包厢（除了我，包厢里每个人似乎不是叫奥兰多，就是拥有一幢豪华古宅），跑到另一间包厢和他见面。
7. We visited a stately home and the guide showed us nearly everything except one room, which he said was the owner's holy of holies.
   我们去参观了一家豪门住宅，导游带我们参观了除一个房间以外的一切，他说那个房间是主人最神圣的地方。

noun

1. a mansion that is (or formerly was) occupied by an aristocratic family