| 词汇 | hovel |
| 释义 | hovel noun[ C ] uk /ˈhɒv.əl/ us /ˈhɑː.vəl/ a small home that is dirty and in bad condition破败的小屋;肮脏简陋的住所 Synonyms shack shanty Compare hutnoun Houses & homes A-frame ADU affordable housing almshouse apartment dormitory dosshouse dower house duplex efficiency Nissen hut non-housing old people's home palace palazzo town house townhouse tract house trap house two-up two-down You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Unpleasant places hovel | American Dictionaryhovel noun[ C ] us/ˈhʌv·əl, ˈhɑv-/ a small home, esp. one that is dirty and in bad condition: Their house was little more than a hovel. Examples of hovelhovel They lived in hovels which often crested the tops of isolated hills where approach was immediately discovered and easily defended. Earlier they were satisfied with the wretched hovels constructed in a few hours similar to the camps they had on the hills. Herbert, entering a hovel to seek shelter from the rain, stumbles across a dying woman and her two starved children. You have them living in hovels and slums unworthy of a great nation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was the landlord of what he calls these miserable hovels, which, indeed, they are. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let him give some hope to those wretched people in those hovels. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When we had private enterprise, palaces and mansions were being built all over the country but tenements and hovels were being built for the workers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If this is so, it will be a crude kind of surplus, including a large number of hovels long designated as "unfit for human habitation". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People there are living in squalid, dilapidated hovels, which are not fit for human beings to live in. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What are soldiers going to say when they come back to these hovels, many of which are worse than the dugouts they have left? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are little, narrow roads with hovels in them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not aware of any desire on the part of those tenants to waste their money on buying their hovels. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have to fill their bellies and demolish their hovels and house them decently. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In fact, they were hovels which ought to have been pulled down years ago. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At the time of the first world war working-class people lived entirely in private, rented accommodation—in insanitary hovels. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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