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tenement

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n.房屋,住户,租房子

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tenement为短语/超纲词汇

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形容词:tenemental

词根

tain,ten,tin=to hold,to keep(安静)

tenement


/'tenəmənt; `tɛnəmənt/
n
1 apartment or room let for living in (出租的)公寓, 房间.
2 (US also `tenement-house) large building with apartments or rooms let to a number of families at low rents 廉租公寓(多户合租, 租金低廉的大房或屋).
3 (law 律) land or other permanent property held by a tenant (承租者的)保有物, 占有物, 享有物.

tenement


n[C]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin:'tenure', from Medieval Latin tenementum, from Latin tenere; TENOR]
a large building divided into apartments, especially in the poorer areas of a city
tenement building/house/block