Wordiyoshanty
🇬🇧 UK/'ʃænti/🇺🇸 US
IELTSGREC2
Definitions
n.
A small, roughly built hut or shack; a rhythmical work song sung by sailors
简陋小屋，棚屋；水手劳动号子
🧩 Root Breakdown
Loanwordshantyother
=shanty
Common Collocations
- 1.sea shanty水手劳动号子
- 2.shanty town棚户区/贫民窟
- 3.[tin shanty][铁皮棚屋]
- 4.sing a shanty唱号子
Example Sentences
- 1.
Thousands of families lived in makeshift shanties on the outskirts of the city.
- 2.
The sailors kept rhythm while hauling ropes by singing a traditional sea shanty.
- 3.
The old fisherman's shanty by the dock had weathered decades of storms.