shanty
n. 簡陋的小木屋; 鐵皮棚屋; 船工號子,船歌; 下等酒館
A shanty is a small rough hut which poor people live in, built from tin, cardboard, or other materials that are not very strong.
A shanty is a song which sailors used to sing while they were doing work on a ship.
...one of my father's favourite sea-shanties.
我父親最喜愛的船伕曲之一
1. small crude shelter used as a dwelling
2. a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors
Pop music can be heard 10 miles away blasting out from the huge tented shanty-town.
響亮的流行音樂從10英里之外巨大的搭滿帳篷的棚戶區傳來。
I want to quit this shanty.
我也要離開這爛房子.
She looked doubtfully at him, at the low shanty.
她猶豫不定地看著他, 看著那間矮棚屋.
The shanty tottered in the strong wind and fell.
棚屋在大風中搖搖晃晃,最後倒塌了.
The shanty towns have been devastated and the tourist industry will suffer.
棚戶構成的小鎮被摧毀,旅遊業將受損.