
tenement
英 ['tenəm(ə)nt]
美 ['tɛnəmənt]
n. 房屋;住戶,租戶;租房子
中文詞源:
tenement 廉租公寓
來自拉丁語 tenementum,領地,房子,所有物,來自 ten-,持有,握住,-ment,名詞後綴。後 用於指廉租公寓,可能是來自幽默用法。參照英語名言“風能進,雨能進,國王不能進”。
例句:
1. A complete tenement block was burnt to the ground.
整幢公寓大樓被付之一炬。
2. Nor was he the only one in that tenement yard.
大雜院裡的病人並不止於他一個.
3. But in the tenement yard there wasn't a single tree or flower.
但在這個大雜院裡,春並不先到枝頭上,這裡沒有一棵花木.
4. Tigress felt very smug in a tenement yard like this.
就是在個這樣的雜院裡,虎妞覺得很得意.
5. By June, the tenement courtyard was completely silent during the day.
到瞭六月, 大雜院裡在白天簡直沒什麼人聲.
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