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hovel

英 [ˈhɒvl]

美 [ˈhʌvl]

n.  (不适于居住的)肮脏简陋的住所

复数:hovels 过去式:hovelled 

GRETEM8

BNC.21716 / COCA.23775

牛津词典

    noun

    • (不适于居住的)肮脏简陋的住所
      a house or room that is not fit to live in because it is dirty or in very bad condition

      柯林斯词典

      • N-COUNT (尤指破败不堪的)小屋,茅舍
        Ahovelis a small hut, especially one which is dirty or needs a lot of repair.
        1. They lived in a squalid hovel for the next five years.
          接下来的5年中,他们住在一间肮脏不堪的小破屋里。
      • N-COUNT 肮脏简陋的住处
        You describe a house, room, or flat as ahovelto express your disapproval or dislike of it because it is dirty, untidy, and in poor condition.
        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,但分给我的房间简直不是人住的地方。

      英英释义

      noun

      双语例句

      • The hovel of a cutter of wood into lengths for burning, was the only house at that end; all else was wall.
        那里唯一的房屋是一个把柴锯成短段便于烧壁炉的工人的小棚屋,此外便只有墙壁。
      • He had a son, Loush, and lived in this hovel in the bank besides the road.
        他有一个儿子,Luosh,生活在路边的小河边简陋的草棚里。
      • He had led her to the rendezvous in a hovel on the city's outskirts, leaving Onn just at dusk.
        他俩在薄暮时分离开安城,他领着她来到郊外一间约定好的小茅舍。
      • Forth from thy hovel door thou Ethiopia com ist to me.
        你埃塞俄比亚人,从你的茅屋的门里走出,向我走近。
      • 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,但分给我的房间简直不是人住的地方。
      • He dreamt an old dream of a hovel by the sea, three dogs whimpering, a woman's tears.
        他梦到一个曾经做过的梦:海边的旅馆,三只狗在呜咽,一个女人在流泪。
      • A hovel unblessed with electricity or running water.
        没有电和自来水的可怜小屋。
      • She's back in the old hovel already.
        她已回到原来的破屋里去了。
      • At that moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of the family hovel. "is that your son?" the nobleman asked.
        这时候,农夫的儿子刚好来到家门口。“这是你的儿子吗?”贵族问道。
      • I don't know how you can bear to live in this hovel.
        我不知道你怎能忍受住在这狗窝里。