efficiency apartment
noun [ C ] US uk/ ɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si əˌpɑːt.mənt/ us/ɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si əˌpɑːrt.mənt/ (also efficiency)
（起居室、厨房和寝区在同一个房间里，有独立盥洗室的）一厅小套房，简易寓房
a small apartment intended for one person, with a combined living and sleeping space and small kitchen area
She is now living in an efficiency apartment and paying $1000 a month in rent. 她现在住在一厅小套房里，每月支付1000美元的租金。
He plans to share an apartment with another worker or rent an efficiency. 他计划与另一个工人合租一套公寓，或者自己租一个简易寓房。
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- My room was more of an efficiency apartment than a room.
- He pays monthly rent of $675 for his efficiency apartment in South Baltimore.
- Governments have created 40,000 new units, usually single rooms or efficiency apartments, for the homeless.
- Dad converted the upstairs into two efficiency apartments.
- My rent is only $400, but it's an efficiency, so that's not making anyone jealous.