hut
noun[C]
uk/hʌt/us/hʌt/B1
asmall,simplebuilding, usually consisting of oneroom:
(通常只有一个房间的)小屋amountainhut山间小屋
arowofbeachhuts一排海滩小屋
Synonym
shack
Compare
hovel
shanty(HOUSE)
- Wespentthenightin aflimsywoodenhut.
- Modernhouseshavereplacedthe one-roommudhuts withgrassroofsthat had beenhometogenerationsofpeasants.
Houses & homes
- A-frame
- ADU
- almshouse
- apartment
- apartment building
- door
- dorm
- dormitory
- dosshouse
- duplex
- Nissen hut
- non-housing
- old people's home
- palace
- palazzo
- tollhouse
- tower block
- town house
- townhouse
- tract house
hut
exclamation
USuk/hʌt/us/hʌt/used in Americanfootballas asignaltostartplaying:
It could be that "hike"evolvedinto "hut" because of football'sloveofmilitaryterminology.
On "hut" Isprintedto the endzone.
- Arookiequarterbackrunstheoffense. Hut!
- Hut is asignalto the otherplayerstostartplay.
- Hut is asimpleone-syllable word that iseasyto say andhear.
Linguistics: interjections
- aiyo
- alack
- alas and alackphrase
- attaboy
- attagirl
- auf Wiedersehen
- aw shucks
- figure
- goodo
- more
- more power toyourelbow!idiom
- need
- need I say more?idiom
- neener, neener
- no siridiom
- period
- small wonderidiom
- sweet
- the rest is historyidiom
- you seeidiom
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