basement

Definitions

base (bottom) + -ment (place/result) = the level at the base of a building, below the ground floor. Literally the floor sitting under the building's foundation line.

Common Collocations

• 1.in the basement在地下室
• 2.basement floor地下层
• 3.finished basement装修好的地下室
• 4.flooded basement被淹的地下室

Example Sentences

• 1.

  They turned the basement into a home gym.

• 2.

  The flood filled the basement with water.