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

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。
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。
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。
I've heard that there is a bully staying at a shanty by the woods.
我听说在森林的小屋子里有个杀手。
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）
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。
They live in dormitories, shanty towns or other temporary housing and they have little stake in the new cities they have helped to build.
他们住在集体宿舍、棚户区或其它临时住房，在自己亲身参与建设的新城市中，几乎没有获得任何利益。
A trip through the shanty town brought home to me just how poor the people are.
棚户区之行使我深切地感到那里的人民何等的贫穷。
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。
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。