flophouse

英['flɒphaʊs] 美['flɑːphaʊs]
  • 廉价的低级住所或旅馆,[俗]监狱
  • floatage n.漂浮物(火车轮渡费)
  • floatation n.飘浮;(债券等的)发行=flotation(美).
  • floater n.漂浮者;漂浮物;临时工;非法投票人;公司发起人(复数)floaters:眼中线状物.
  • floating adj.浮动的;流动性的;不固定的动词float的现在分词形式.
  • floatman n.花车管理员
Noun:
  1. a cheap lodging house

1. I can only afford to live in a flophouse.
我只能住便宜的旅馆.

来自口语例句

2. By now, you're running from flophouse to alley foot jobs for enough cash to stay alive.
现在, 你已经在逃命了,从一家小旅馆换到另一家,偷偷做脚底按摩赚钱为生.

来自互联网

3. He found Jennison living in style as the proprietor of an old man's flophouse.
他发现詹妮森在一个专住老年人的鸡毛店里当老板,过着阔气的生活.

来自互联网

    1. He is now unemployed, and lives in a flophouse in Atlanta between a jail and a strip club.
      现在,他失业了,住在亚特兰大的一家廉价旅馆里,旅馆夹在一所监狱和一家脱衣舞夜总会的中间。

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