shanty

英 [ˈʃænti]

美 [ˈʃænti]

n.  棚屋，简陋小屋(常搭建于城市边缘); 水手号子(旧时水手边拉绳索等边唱的歌)

复数：shanties　

IELTSGRE

Collins.1 / BNC.19887 / COCA.18013

牛津词典

noun

• 棚屋，简陋小屋（常搭建于城市边缘）
  a small house, built of pieces of wood, metal and cardboard, where very poor people live, especially on the edge of a big city
• 水手号子（旧时水手边拉绳索等边唱的歌）
  a song that sailors traditionally used to sing while pulling ropes, etc.

柯林斯词典

• (穷人居住的)简陋的小屋，棚屋
  Ashantyis a small rough hut which poor people live in, built from tin, cardboard, or other materials that are not very strong.
• N-COUNT (过去水手劳动时唱的)船夫曲，水手号子,船歌
  Ashantyis a song which sailors used to sing while they were doing work on a ship.
  1. ...one of my father's favourite sea-shanties.
     我父亲最喜爱的船夫曲之一

英英释义

noun

• small crude shelter used as a dwelling
  Synonym:hovelhuthutchshack
• a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors
  Synonym:chanteychantysea chantey

双语例句

• Rescuers were searching for survivors in the district, where poor people live in shanty dwellings alongside much more upmarket homes.
  救援人员在该地区寻找生还者，人们生活在简陋的住所，在旁边是更高档的住宅。
• Many people have been forced to live in squalid shanty towns near the factories where they work.
  很多人被迫住在他们所工作的工附近肮脏的棚户区内。
• By and by we were come from the tent to this lumber shanty.
  不知不觉我们从帐篷搬进了小木屋。
• The census was also criticized by some local politicians for failing to count many people in shanty housing, particularly in the mainly Kurdish southeast.
  当地的一些政治家还批评这次的人口普查没有把那些住在贫民窟的人，特别是那些住在库尔德东南地区的人计算在内。
• She looked doubtfully at him, at the low shanty.
  她犹豫不定地看着他，看着那间矮棚屋。
• In the shanty opposite the construction site, residents complain about the difficulties of finding work and the challenges thrown up by life in their small, sparselyfurnished houses.
  在建筑工地对面的那个贫穷小镇，居民们抱怨寻找工作时困难重重，而生活在几乎没什么家具的狭小房子里，也给他们带来很多挑战。
• Problems in the Management of Shanty Town Reform and Countermeasure Research
  抚顺市棚改社区管理存在问题及对策研究
• But the private sector can tackle part of it: the shanty towns and housing needs that spring up around industrial projects outside of cities.
  不过，私营部门有能力解决掉这个问题的一部分，即城郊工业项目周边涌现的棚户区和住房需求。
• How would you characterize a shanty town from that picture?
  你如何根据那张图来说明城市贫民区的特点。
• If the virus is shed via fecal matter, this will be especially significant in areas with poor sanitation, such as crowded shanty towns.
  如果病毒是经排泄物传播，这对于卫生条件较差的地区（如拥挤的贫民窟）而言，影响将非常大。