有凉台的平房在印度带有宽敞凉台的，只有一层的草屋或瓦房 A thatched or tiled one-story house in India surrounded by a wide verandah.
他的“乡下房子”原来是一座大平房。 His country cottage turned out to be an enormous bungalow.
尽管诸多不便，我宁愿住在这幢老房子里，也不愿住到那种狭小的平房里，在那里你连转身的地方都没有。 I'd rather live in this old house with all its inconveniences than in one of those pokey bungalows where you haven't room to swing a cat.
