tenement
tenement — noun
- tenementsingular
- tenementsplural
1. an old apartment building in a crowded city area, where many families live in se
an old apartment building in a crowded city area, where many families live in separate units and the place is often linked with poverty or poor repair
Ramon's grandmother grew up in a narrow tenement beside the old railway yard.
grew up in a tenement
Laundry hung from every window of the brick tenement on Mercer Street.
visual detail: tenement on [street]
The fire spread quickly through the tenement because the stairs were wooden.
Omar visited a museum that recreated a family's room in a nineteenth-century tenement.
City workers inspected the tenement after tenants complained about leaking pipes.
- apartment block
a neutral everyday term; it does not suggest poverty or poor condition
- tenement house
the fuller form, often used in historical, legal, or architectural contexts
- housing project
usually a planned low-income complex, often government-built, rather than one old city building
- luxury apartment building
a modern or expensive residential building with comfortable conditions
文法句型
a/the tenement
live in a tenement
tenement on/in [street or area]
用法筆記
Often used in historical writing or when describing older urban housing. It usually suggests crowded conditions, low rent, or poor upkeep, not simply any apartment building.