閣樓是一個狹長的低矮房間,光線昏暗,瀰漫著雪松的香氣。

The attic was a long, low-ceilinged room, dark and fragrant with the odor of the cedar.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 閣樓 lóu
  1. garret
  2. loft
  3. attic
=2 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=2 shì variant of shì
=3 一個 ge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=3 一個
  1. Combination of the numeral (“one”) and the generic classifier : a; an; one
  2. same
4 狹長 xiácháng long and narrow
=5 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=5 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=5 really and truly
=5 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=6 低矮 ǎi
  1. short
  2. low
=6 低矮 dī'ǎi short; low
7 房間 fángjiān room

classifiers: ,

8 光線 guāngxiàn
  1. light ray
  2. light
  3. illumination
  4. lighting (for a photograph)

classifiers: ,

=9 昏暗 hūnàn dusky
=9 昏暗 hūn'àn
  1. (literally and figuratively) dim; gloomy
  2. dim; gloomy
10 瀰漫 màn variant of 彌漫 màn
=11 zhāo
  1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. zhuó)
  2. trick; tactic
  3. (dialect) okay; all right
  4. (dialect) to put in; to add
=11 zháo
  1. to touch
  2. to come in contact with
  3. to feel
  4. to be affected by
  5. to catch fire
  6. to burn
  7. (coll.) to fall asleep
  8. (after a verb) hitting the mark
  9. succeeding in
=11 zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
=11 zhuó
  1. to wear (clothes)
  2. to contact
  3. to use
  4. to apply
=11 zhù
  1. to make known
  2. to show
  3. to prove
  4. to write
  5. book
  6. outstanding
12 雪松 xuěsōng
  1. cedar tree
  2. cedarwood
=13 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=13 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=13 really and truly
=13 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
14 香氣 xiāng
  1. fragrance
  2. aroma
  3. incense