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单词 pigsty
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pigsty

(pɪgstaɪ) also pig sty
Word forms: plural pigsties
1. countable noun
A pigsty is an enclosed place where pigs are kept on a farm.
[mainly British]regional note: in AM, usually use pigpen
2. countable noun [usually singular]
If you describe a room or a house as a pigsty, you are criticizing the fact that it is very dirty and untidy.
[mainly British, informal, disapproval]
The office is a pigsty.

pigsty in British English

(ˈpɪɡˌstaɪ) or US and Canadian pigpen
nounWord forms: plural -sties
1. 
a pen for pigs; sty
2.  British
a dirty or untidy place

pigsty in American English

(ˈpɪgˌstaɪ)
nounWord forms: plural ˈpigˌsties
pigpen

Examples of 'pigsty' in a sentence
pigsty

He has been blotting his copy book again, this time by his pigsty habits in his digs.
Secombe, Fred GOODBYE CURATE (2004)
You aver there are ancient slates... on an ancient pigsty at Penbrook Farm.
Lewis, Roy A TROUT IN THE MILK (2004)
She had good eyes, even if her grandfather didn't, and she wasn't going to work and study in a pigsty.
Julian May IRONCROWN MOON: PART TWO OF THE BOREAL MOON TALE (2004)

Chinese translation of 'pigsty'

pigsty

(ˈpɪɡstaɪ) (esp Brit)

n (c)

  1. (on farm) 猪(豬)圈 (zhūjuàn) (个(個), gè)
    美 = pigpen
  2. (inf, = room, house) 邋遢的房子 (lātā de fángzi) (间(間), jiān)

Nearby words of
pigsty

  • piggy bank
  • piggyback
  • pigpen
  • pigsty
  • pigtail
  • pike
  • pilchard
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