hovel
- n. 小屋;柵舍;茅舍
- vt. 使…住在茅屋;把…拴入棚舍
詞態(tài)變化
助記提示
2. 諧音“好窩、好屋哦”。
中文詞源
來自古英語hof,圍欄,居住地,屋子,來自Proto--Germanic*hufa,小山,農(nóng)莊,來自PIE*keup,彎,轉(zhuǎn),詞源同hive,cubicle,cooper.引申詞義簡陋的住所。
英文詞源
- hovel (n.)
- mid-14c., "roofed passage, vent for smoke," later "shed for animals" (mid-15c.), of unknown origin. Meaning "shed for human habitation; rude or miserable cabin" is from 1620s. It also sometimes meant "canopied niche for a statue or image" (mid-15c.).
雙語例句
- 1. I went for a living-in job, but the room I was given was a hovel.
- 我找了份提供住所的工作,但分給我的房間簡直不是人住的地方。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. They lived in a squalid hovel for the next five years.
- 接下來的5年中,他們住在一間骯臟不堪的小破屋里。
來自辭典例句
- 3. It's very uncomfortable living in a dirty hovel like ours.
- 住在我們這樣骯臟的破屋子里,太不舒服了.
來自辭典例句
- 4. She's back in the old hovel already.
- 她已回到原來的破屋里去了.
來自辭典例句
- 5. I don't know how you can bear to live in this hovel.
- 我不知道你怎能忍受住在這狗窩里.
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