| 释义 |
shan·ty
I. \ˈshantē, -aan-, -ain-, -ȧn-, -ti\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Canadian French chantier hut in a lumber camp, shack, from French, lumberyard, shipyard, gantry, from Old French, gantry, from Latin cantherius trellis, rafter, gelding — more at gantry
1. : a small poorly built dwelling usually made of wood : shack
2. : a small crude building for temporary use
3. Australia : bar, pub
II. intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
: to live in a shanty
III. adjective
1.
a. : constituting a shanty
< rough shanty roadside restaurants — A.L.Himbert >
b. : consisting of shanties
< a shanty native village >
2. : living or having lived in a shanty : of a low social class
< the lower-lower class, the shanty Irish, not the lace-curtain Irish — J.P.Marquand > |