hutch

/hʌtʃ/ (bre, ipa) · /hʌtʃ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈhəch/ (ame, mw)

hutch — noun

  • hutchsingular
  • hutchesplural

1. a small home for pet rabbits or similar little animals, built like a box with on

1.名詞C1
釋義

a small home for pet rabbits or similar little animals, built like a box with one side covered in wire so air and light can come through.

例句

Shanti cleaned out the rabbit hutch every Saturday morning before breakfast.

collocation: rabbit hutch

Karim built a wooden hutch with two levels for his guinea pigs.

同義詞
  • cage

    more general; any wire enclosure for an animal

  • coop

    usually for chickens or other poultry

  • pen

    an open enclosure, often without a roof or wire mesh

文法句型

keep/put [animal] in a hutch

用法筆記

Almost always paired with a small pet name: 'rabbit hutch' is the canonical collocation; 'guinea pig hutch' is also common.

常見錯誤

❌We put the dog in a hutch.
✅We put the dog in a kennel.
💡a hutch is for small caged pets like rabbits, not dogs.

2. a tall wooden piece of furniture for the dining room, with open shelves on top f

2.名詞C2
釋義

a tall wooden piece of furniture for the dining room, with open shelves on top for showing off nice plates or cups, and closed cupboards underneath for storing things away.

例句

Sumin arranged her grandmother's blue teacups on the top shelf of the hutch.

pattern: arrange [items] on the shelf of the hutch

The dining room had a tall pine hutch standing against the back wall.

同義詞
  • dresser

    British term for the same piece of furniture; in America 'dresser' means a bedroom chest of drawers

  • china cabinet

    more specifically for displaying fine china behind glass doors

  • sideboard

    shorter, with no upper shelves; used for serving food

文法句型

a hutch of [material]

in/on the hutch

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 1: this is dining-room furniture, not an animal home. Often described by wood type (pine hutch, oak hutch) rather than by what it holds.

3. a tiny rough building someone lives in, usually thrown together quickly from boa

3.名詞C2
釋義

a tiny rough building someone lives in, usually thrown together quickly from boards or scrap, with very little space inside.

例句

Jude grew up in a wooden hutch at the edge of the rail yard.

The old miner lived alone in a one-room hutch high up the mountain.

同義詞
  • shack

    the most common everyday word; same meaning, less old-fashioned

  • shanty

    often part of a settlement of poor housing (a shantytown)

  • hovel

    stresses dirtiness and unpleasantness as well as poor build

反義詞
  • mansion

    a large grand house — the opposite end of the scale

文法句型

live in a hutch

用法筆記

Often used to emphasise how small or poorly built the dwelling is; carries a sense of pity or rough living.