Wordiyotenement
🇬🇧 UK/'tenəm(ə)nt/🇺🇸 US/'tenimәnt/
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Definitions
n.
A large, often run-down apartment building rented to multiple tenants, typically in a poor urban area.
廉租公寓；贫民住宅楼
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.tenement building廉租公寓楼
- 2.tenement house贫民住宅
- 3.run-down tenement破旧的廉租楼
- 4.tenement district贫民区
Example Sentences
- 1.
Dozens of immigrant families crowded into the crumbling tenement on the Lower East Side.
- 2.
The city launched a program to renovate aging tenements and improve living conditions.
- 3.
Growing up in a tenement taught her the value of hard work and community.