| 单词 | hovel |
| 释义 | hovel noun[C] uk/ˈhɒv.əl/us/ˈhɑː.vəl/asmallhomethat isdirtyand inbadcondition 破败的小屋；肮脏简陋的住所Synonyms shack shanty Compare hutnoun Houses & homes
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Unpleasant places hovel| American Dictionaryhovel noun[C] us/ˈhʌv·əl,ˈhɑv-/asmallhome,esp. one that isdirtyand inbadcondition: Theirhousewas little more than a hovel. Examplesofhovelhovel They lived in hovels which often crested the tops of isolated hills where approach was immediately discovered and easily defended. From theCambridge English Corpus Earlier they were satisfied with the wretched hovels constructed in a few hours similar to the camps they had on the hills. From theCambridge English Corpus Herbert, entering ahovelto seek shelter from the rain, stumbles across a dying woman and her two starved children. From theCambridge English Corpus 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 theOpen 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 theOpen 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 theOpen 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 theOpen 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 theOpen 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 theOpen 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 theOpen 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 theOpen 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 theOpen 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 theOpen 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 theOpen 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 theOpen 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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