shanty

noun

/ˈʃænti/

(plural shanties)

a small house, built of pieces of wood, metal and cardboard, where very poor people live, especially on the edge of a big city棚屋，简陋小屋（常搭建于城市边缘）
- Nearly 20% of the city’s inhabitants live in shanty towns.近20%的城市居民住在棚屋区。
- The whole family lives in a shanty made of wood, mud and tin.全家人住在一个用木头、土坯和铁皮搭成的棚屋里。
Topics Social issuesc2
(also sea shanty)
(US English chanty, chantey)
a song that sailors traditionally used to sing while pulling ropes, etc.水手号子（旧时水手边拉绳索等边唱的歌）Topics Musicc2

词源sense 1 early 19th cent. (originally a North American usage): perhaps from Canadian French chantier ‘lumberjack's cabin, logging camp’.sense 2 mid 19th cent.: probably from French chantez! ‘sing!’, imperative plural of chanter.

词汇	shanty
释义	shanty noun /ˈʃænti/ /ˈʃænti/ (plural shanties) a small house, built of pieces of wood, metal and cardboard, where very poor people live, especially on the edge of a big city棚屋，简陋小屋（常搭建于城市边缘） Nearly 20% of the city’s inhabitants live in shanty towns.近20%的城市居民住在棚屋区。 The whole family lives in a shanty made of wood, mud and tin.全家人住在一个用木头、土坯和铁皮搭成的棚屋里。 Topics Social issuesc2 (also sea shanty) (US English chanty, chantey) a song that sailors traditionally used to sing while pulling ropes, etc.水手号子（旧时水手边拉绳索等边唱的歌）Topics Musicc2 词源sense 1 early 19th cent. (originally a North American usage): perhaps from Canadian French chantier ‘lumberjack's cabin, logging camp’.sense 2 mid 19th cent.: probably from French chantez! ‘sing!’, imperative plural of chanter.
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