A smaller building that stands apart from the main house but belongs with it — a barn, a shed, a garage, a stable, an old workshop at the end of the garden. Two things make it an outbuilding: it is separate (not joined to the house) and it is secondary (the house is the real building).

A smaller building一棟比較小的建築 that stands apart from the main house跟主屋分開 but belongs with it但屬於主屋的一部分 — a barn, a shed, a garage, a stable, an old workshop at the end of the garden像是穀倉、工具間、車庫、馬廄，或花園盡頭一間老工作室. Two things兩件事 make it an outbuilding讓它算是一棟outbuilding: it它 is separate是分開的 (not joined to the house沒有跟主屋連在一起) and it它 is secondary而且是次要的 (the house is the real building主屋才是真正的建築本體).

It is a countable noun, and it usually turns up in the plural, because places that have one tend to have several: 'the farmhouse and its outbuildings'.

It它 is a countable noun是可數名詞, and it usually turns up in the plural而且通常以複數出現, because places that have one tend to have several因為有一棟的地方通常不止一棟: 'the farmhouse and its outbuildings'像'the farmhouse and its outbuildings'這樣.

You will meet it in property advertisements, in news reports about farms and police searches, and in writing about the countryside. It leans slightly formal and rural; in everyday Taiwanese-student English you would more likely just say 'a shed' or 'a garage'.

You你 will meet it會遇到這個字 in property advertisements在房地產廣告裡, in news reports about farms and police searches在農場或警方搜查的新聞報導裡, and in writing about the countryside以及描寫鄉間的文章裡. It它 leans slightly formal and rural帶點正式和鄉間的味道; in everyday Taiwanese-student English在台灣學生的日常英文裡 you你 would more likely just say 'a shed' or 'a garage'比較可能直接說'a shed'或'a garage'.

It says nothing about what the building is used for — an outbuilding can hold animals, tools, a car, or nothing at all.

It它 says nothing about what the building is used for完全沒說這棟建築是拿來做什麼的 — an outbuilding一棟outbuilding can hold animals, tools, a car, or nothing at all可以用來養動物、放工具、停車，或什麼都不放.