tenement
美音:
[´tenəmənt
]英音:
[´tenəmənt
]n.房屋,住户,租房子
难易程度:
tenement为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
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