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　

IELTS GRE

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

There they huddle, migrants in the favelas and barrios of Latin america, in shanty towns in africa, in those horrifying encampments one sees on the outskirts of Calcutta and bombay.
在那里，他们作为移民拥挤在拉丁美洲的贫民窟和城市的郊外，在非洲简陋的村镇里，在一些你可以在加尔各答和孟买郊区看到的那些可怕的难民营里。
Investigation of the Living Condition of Migrant Workers in Shanty Towns& Take the Situation in Changsha as Example
棚户区进城务工人员生存状况研究&以长沙市为例
In this Friday, Aug.7,2009 photograph, Hira Lal, who has lost the ability to move and hear, lays on a makeshift bed outside his shanty in Bhopal, India.
在这个星期五，2009年8月7日的照片，希拉拉尔，谁失去了行动的能力和听到的，就奠定了他在外面印度博帕尔简陋的简易床铺上。
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。
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。
Research on Shanghai Shanty Area Space Change ( 1927-present);
上海市棚户区空间变迁研究（1927年&至今）
And it is the view I have heard on sidewalks and in taxi cabs, in the marble halls of ministries, and in run down shacks of shanty towns.
我在许多地方都曾听到这个观点，包括在人行道上、在出租车内、在政府部委的大理石会议厅内、在棚户区破门的棚屋中。
In bombay, 3 million people are squeezed into such shanty towns, in the African cities of Bogata and kinshasa, 60 percent of the citizens live in them; in Addis ababa, 79 percent.
在孟买，300万人挤进这些棚户区，在非洲城市博加特和金沙萨，60%的居民住在贫民窟里；在亚的斯亚贝巴，达到79%。
Opposite a small shanty town in Algiers, Chinese labourers in hard hats push wheelbarrows of cement and dig holes for fence posts.
在阿尔及利亚首都阿尔及尔附近一个贫穷小镇的对面，中国工人戴着安全帽，有的推着装满水泥的手推车，有的正在挖坑，以便竖起立柱安装围栏。
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。