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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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