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单词 multi-occupy
释义

multi-occupyv.

Brit. /ˌmʌltɪˈɒkjᵿpʌɪ/, U.S. /ˌməltiˈɑkjəpaɪ/; see also multi- comb. form.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: multi- comb. form, occupy v.
Etymology: < multi- comb. form + occupy v., after multi-occupation n. Compare under-occupy vb. at under-occupation n. Derivatives and multi-occupied adj.
transitive. To occupy (a dwelling) with facilities shared between more than one family or several unrelated people; to populate (an area) using housing of this kind. Also: to house (people) in a multiple occupancy dwelling.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > providing with dwelling > [verb (transitive)] > in house > multi-occupy
multi-occupy1965
1965 Guardian 3 Sept. 20/8 For every house multi-occupied by Pakistanis..there are many more multi-occupied by Irish.
1970 Guardian 31 July 9/1 The borough council is..planning to multi-occupy its emergency homeless in..a tenement building built in 1878.
1991 P. Thane Found. Welfare State (BNC) 26 Many of those displaced were not rehoused but moved on to multi-occupy neighbouring districts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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