shanty

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  • n.棚屋；水手号子（旧时水手边拉绳索等边唱的歌）
  • Web简陋小屋；简陋的小木屋；窝棚
Plural Form：shanties  

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shanty
n.
1.
棚屋，简陋小屋（常搭建于城市边缘）a small house, built of pieces of wood, metal and cardboard, where very poor people live, especially on the edge of a big city
2.
水手号子（旧时水手边拉绳索等边唱的歌）a song that sailors traditionally used to sing while pulling ropes, etc.

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Definition:
AllAll,棚屋棚屋,水手号子水手号子,简陋小屋简陋小屋,简陋的小木屋简陋的小木屋,窝棚窝棚
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1.
"Oh, yes, it's a fine blanket, " said Petey, and got up and went into the shanty.
“噢，嗯，是条好毯子，”小彼得说道，起身走进棚屋。
" ō , én , shì tiáo hǎo tǎn zi , " xiǎo bǐ de shuō dào , qǐ shēn zǒu jìn péng wū 。
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2.
When they'd washed up the supper dishes they went out on the shanty porch, the old man and the bit of a boy, taking their chairs.
吃过晚饭，洗好盘子，老人和那个半大不小的男孩各自端了把椅子，来到棚屋外的门廊上。
chī guò wǎn fàn , xǐ hǎo pán zi , lǎo rén hé nà ge bàn dà bù xiǎo de nán hái gè zì duān le bǎ yǐ zi , lái dào péng wū wài de mén láng shàng 。
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3.
A few days ago I was talking with an old couple that lives next door in the log shanty .
前几天，我跟住在隔壁木房子里的老夫妻俩聊天儿。
qián jī tiān , wǒ gēn zhù zài gé bì mù fáng zi lǐ de lǎo fū qī liǎ liáo tiān ér 。
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4.
We passed through the benighted fishermen's shanty towns lining the shore. People came out to wave.
我们经过黯淡无光，一路沿着海岸线分布的渔民棚屋区。
wǒ men jīng guò àn dàn wú guāng , yí lù yán zhe hǎi àn xiàn fēn bù de yú mín péng wū qū 。
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5.
And down the driveway, up the hill they travelled until they came to an old shanty.
于是他们沿着汽车道，爬上小山丘到了一个老旧而简陋的小屋前。
yú shì tā men yán zhe qì chē dào , pá shàng xiǎo shān qiū dào le yī gè lǎo jiù ér jiǎn lòu de xiǎo wū qián 。
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6.
It is now winter in South Africa. In the shanty towns around the big cities, people are cold as well as hungry.
现在的南非正经历着冬天，在大城市周围的落后城镇里，人们忍饥挨饿。
xiàn zài de nán fēi zhèng jīng lì zhe dōng tiān , zài dà chéng shì zhōu wéi de luò hòu chéng zhèn lǐ , rén men rěn jī ái è 。
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7.
And then they match her mortgage to what she paid in rent for her little shanty.
然后他们比较她付的抵押款和她付的简易房的房租。
rán hòu tā men bǐ jiào tā fù de dǐ yā kuǎn hé tā fù de jiǎn yì fáng de fáng zū 。
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8.
"None of us felt like celebrating, " said Micheline Michel, whose home is a shanty of bed sheets opposite the ruins of the National Palace.
米舍利娜米歇尔（MichelineMichel）说：“没有人想庆祝。”她的家是用床单简易搭建而成，正好位于国家宫殿废墟的对面。
mǐ shè lì nà mǐ xiē ěr ( MichelineMichel ) shuō : " méi yǒu rén xiǎng qìng zhù 。 " tā de jiā shì yòng chuáng dān jiǎn yì dā jiàn ér chéng , zhèng hǎo wèi yú guó jiā gōng diàn fèi xū de duì miàn 。
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9.
A man tries to recover belongings from his shanty after a fire in Manila. More than 100 families were left homeless in the fire.
一名男子在火灾后的废墟中寻找残余的财产，马尼拉的大火导致至少100个家庭失去住所。
yī míng nán zǐ zài huǒ zāi hòu de fèi xū zhōng xún zhǎo cán yú de cái chǎn , mǎ ní lā de dà huǒ dǎo zhì zhì shǎo yì bǎi gè jiā tíng shī qù zhù suǒ 。
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10.
She looked doubtfully at him, at the low shanty.
她犹豫不定地看着他，看着那间矮棚屋。
tā yóu yù bú dìng de kàn zhe tā , kàn zhe nà jiān ǎi péng wū 。
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