| 释义 |
hut
I. \ˈhət, usu -əd.+V\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle French hutte temporary dwelling of simple construction, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German hutta temporary dwelling of simple construction; akin to Old English hȳd hide, skin — more at hide
1.
a. : a temporary structure used as living quarters for troops especially in a theater of operations
b. : a rudimentary structure erected by the army for a special purpose (as a field aid station)
c. : a room or building used as a recreation center for troops in World War I
2.
a. : an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : cottage, shack
< sod hut >
< the simplest of the primitive dwellings of the colonist were conical huts of branches, rushes, and turf — Fiske Kimball >
b. Australia : a house for shearers or other laborers on a ranch
c. : a simple shelter from the elements
< bathing hut >
< round a winding road you come to a small hut and a turnstile — Fred Streeter >
< small wooden huts inside which fishermen … can sit in comparative comfort with a portable stove while waiting for a nibble from far below the frozen surface — James Montagnes >
specifically : overnight cabin
< hostel huts >
< mountain huts >
II. verb
(hutted ; hutted ; hutting ; huts)
transitive verb
: to provide with usually temporary living quarters : house, billet
< were no sooner hutted than we were on the march — S.W.Mitchell >
intransitive verb
: to become housed or quartered : lodge
< his troops hutted among the heights — Washington Irving > |