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shanty

美音:[´ʃæntı ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.简陋小屋,棚屋

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shanty为短语/超纲词汇

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名词复数:shanties

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cabin  hut  shack  shed    

shanty


/'ʃæntɪ; `ʃæntɪ/
n poorly-built hut, shed or cabin; shack 简陋的棚、舍或小屋.

/'ʃæntɪ; `ʃæntɪ/
n (also `sea-shanty) song formerly sung by sailors while hauling ropes, etc (旧时水手拉绳索时唱的)劳动号子.

shanty


npluralshanties[C]
[Sense: 1; Date: 1800-1900; Language: Canadian French;Origin: chantier, from French, 'wooden support', from Latin cantherius 'trellis']
[Sense: 2; Date: 1800-1900; Origin: chantey]
a small, roughly built hut made from thin sheets of wood, tin, plastic etc that very poor people live in
 Workers were living in tents and shanties.
alsosea shanty
a song sung by sailors in the past, as they did their work