英语词汇“bidonville”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

bidonville

/ˈbɪd(ə)nvɪl

noun

A shanty town built of oil drums or other metal containers, especially on the outskirts of a North African city.Others live in shantytowns, or bidonvilles, which are often bulldozed into oblivion by the town councils while the occupants are at a local feast....

Meanwhile, an estimated 20,000 poor and unemployed citizens live in slums or bidonvilles on the outskirts of the capital.
The people of the bidonvilles are entirely cut off from the elites.

Origin

1950s: from French, from bidon 'container for liquids' + ville 'town'.

单词	bidonville
释义	bidonville /ˈbɪd(ə)nvɪl / noun A shanty town built of oil drums or other metal containers, especially on the outskirts of a North African city.Others live in shantytowns, or bidonvilles, which are often bulldozed into oblivion by the town councils while the occupants are at a local feast.... Meanwhile, an estimated 20,000 poor and unemployed citizens live in slums or bidonvilles on the outskirts of the capital. The people of the bidonvilles are entirely cut off from the elites. Origin 1950s: from French, from bidon 'container for liquids' + ville 'town'.
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