shanty-town

英['ʃæntiːt'aʊn] 美['ʃæntiːt'aʊn]
  • n.贫民窟;陋屋区
  • effect n.效应;结果;影响;印象;效果;要旨v.使产生;引起
  • shanty n.简陋小屋;(水手唱的)劳动号子=chantey;chanty.
名词 shantytown:
  1. a city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The Warrens in the eastern part of town is a terrible slum sick with poverty and crime.
      位于城市东部的沃伦斯区是一个治安混乱的贫民窟,这里充斥着贫穷和犯罪。
    2. The games of football played in the dusty street outside his small white, one-storeyed home in Furito were to provide him with a passport out of the shanty town.
      在福里托他家白色小平房外面肮脏的街道上玩的足球比赛注定要为他提供一张走出贫民窟的通行证。