shack
/ʃæk/ (bre, ipa) · /ʃæk/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈshak/ (ame, mw)
shack — 名詞
- shacksingular
- shacksplural
1. a small, crudely built house or shelter, often patched together from wooden boar
棚屋
用木頭或金屬簡單搭建的小房子
a small, crudely built house or shelter, often patched together from wooden boards or metal panels, used as a simple home or for storage
The old fisherman lived alone in a wooden shack near the beach.
那個老漁夫獨自住在海灘附近的一間木頭棚屋裡。
collocation: live in a shack; common modifier: wooden
Near the river, the workers built a small shack to store their tools.
工人們在河邊搭建了一間小棚屋來存放他們的工具。
After the storm, Feng found his shack badly damaged by the strong wind.
風暴過後，Feng 發現他的棚屋被強風嚴重損壞。
The children in the village used the abandoned shack as their secret meeting place.
村裡的孩子們把那間廢棄的棚屋當作秘密聚會的地方。
Some families in the area still live in shacks without running water.
該地區有些家庭仍然住在沒有自來水的棚屋裡。
- hut
a small simple building, but usually built more solidly than a shack; often used for rural dwellings or mountain shelters
- shed
a small building used for storage, usually in a garden or yard; not typically lived in
- cabin
a small house, often in a wooded or rural area, generally more comfortable and sturdy than a shack
- shanty
a roughly built house in a poor urban area; more negative in tone than 'shack'
用法筆記
Often suggests poor living conditions or a temporary dwelling. Can also describe a storage structure on a piece of land.