| 释义 |
hoo·ver·ville
\-və(r)ˌvil\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Herbert Hoover + English -ville (final constituent in many names of towns); from the prevalence of such housing during his presidency
: a collection of ramshackle dwellings erected upon a dump or urban wasteland and occupied by dispossessed, unemployed, or migratory persons |