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单词 shanty
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shanty

One quarter of the population lives in shanty towns.They are followed into the ramshackle shanty town by the regular military police.The worst troubled flared around the shanty town 's makeshift mosque.A key change on a sea shanty prompted no end of joking.The battle takes place in the alleys and rooftops of the shanty town, so you can be attacked from any angle.The buildings are a disgrace, a shanty town slum, officially not fit for purpose.

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shanty

British English: shanty NOUN
A shanty is a small rough hut which poor people live in, built from tin, cardboard, or other materials that are not very strong.
  • American English: shanty
  • Brazilian Portuguese: choupana
  • Chinese: 简陋的小屋
  • European Spanish: chabola
  • French: baraque
  • German: Hütte
  • Italian: baracca
  • Japanese: 掘っ立て小屋
  • Korean: 판잣집
  • European Portuguese: choupana
  • Latin American Spanish: barrio pobre

(noun) 
Definition
a small rough hut
a young population in urban slums and shanties
Synonyms
shack
a nice shack in shanty town
shed
a garden shed
cabin
a log cabin in the woods
hut
a mud hut with no electricity, gas, or running water
lean-to
hovel
They lived in a squalid hovel for the next five years.
shiel (Scottish)
bothy (Scottish)
shieling (Scottish)
(noun) 
Definition
a rhythmic song originally sung by sailors when working
one of my father's favourite sea shanties
Synonyms
song
a voice singing a Spanish song
song
a voice singing a Spanish song
air
an old Irish air
tune
She was humming a merry little tune.
chant
They taunted their rivals with the chant, `You're not singing any more.'
ballad
one of the most beautiful ballads he ever wrote
hymn
Readings were accompanied by an old Irish hymn.
ditty
waiata (New Zealand)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of air
Definition
a simple tune
an old Irish air
Synonyms
tune,
song,
theme,
melody,
strain,
lay,
aria
in the sense of ballad
Definition
a slow sentimental song
one of the most beautiful ballads he ever wrote
Synonyms
song,
saga,
ditty,
folk song,
canzone
in the sense of cabin
Definition
a small simple dwelling
a log cabin in the woods
Synonyms
hut,
shed,
cottage,
lodge,
cot (archaic),
shack,
chalet,
crib,
shanty,
hovel,
bothy,
whare (New Zealand)

Nearby words of
shanty

  • shamefaced
  • shameful
  • shameless
  • shanty
  • shape
  • shape up
  • shaped

Synonyms of 'shanty'

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in the sense of chant
Definition
a rhythmic or repetitious slogan repeated over and over, usually by more than one person
They taunted their rivals with the chant, `You're not singing any more.'
Synonyms
cry,
call,
song,
shout,
slogan
in the sense of hovel
Definition
a small house or hut that is dirty or badly in need of repair
They lived in a squalid hovel for the next five years.
Synonyms
hut,
hole,
shed,
cabin,
den,
slum,
shack,
shanty,
whare (New Zealand)
in the sense of hut
Definition
a small house or shelter
a mud hut with no electricity, gas, or running water
Synonyms
cabin,
shack,
shanty,
hovel,
whare (New Zealand)
in the sense of hymn
Definition
a Christian song of praise sung to God or a saint
Readings were accompanied by an old Irish hymn.
Synonyms
religious song,
song of praise,
carol,
chant,
anthem,
psalm,
paean,
canticle,
doxology
in the sense of shed
Definition
a small, roughly made building used for storing garden tools, etc.
a garden shed
Synonyms
hut,
shack,
lean-to,
outhouse,
potting shed,
lockup,
bothy (Scottish),
whare (New Zealand)
in the sense of tune
Definition
a melody, esp. one for which harmony is not essential
She was humming a merry little tune.
Synonyms
melody,
air,
song,
theme,
strain(s),
motif,
jingle,
ditty,
choon (slang),
melody line
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