单词 | council house |
释义 | council house From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcouncil houseˈcouncil house noun [countable] British EnglishTCBa house in Britain that is provided by the local council for a very low rentExamples from the Corpuscouncil house• The council have a very strict rule that homeless people are only allowed one offer of a council house.• Darlington council house rents will rise by £2.85 from April an average increase of 14 percent.• She was a former council tenant who had already bought her council house.• In short, the ration book would have become a national institution like the council house.• For twelve days and nights they kept me tightly bound in their council house. |
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