modern dwelling meaning in English

现代化住宅

But if you looked , you saw on the left rows of handsome modern dwellings , set down like a game of dominoes , with spaces and gardens , a queer game of dominoes that some weird masters were playing on the surprised earth
但是，细看起来，你便看得见左手边一排排精致的“摩登”住宅，安排得象滑牌戏似的，一家家用花园互相隔离着，这是几个妖怪的“主子们”在这块糠人的土地上所玩的一种奇异的骨牌戏。
It is organized semi - chronologically around major themes : the house as a work of art ; the modern house ; machines for living in ; place , climate and culture ; the american dream ; scandinavian modernism ; the post - modern dwelling and the continuity and transformation of contemporary house architecture
全书按照以下几个主题进行了研究：住宅艺术、现代住宅、居住机器、地点气候与文化、美国梦、斯堪的纳维亚现代主义、后现代主义住宅和现代住宅建筑的继承和革新。