tenement
tenement — 名詞
- tenementsingular
- tenementsplural
1. an old apartment building in a crowded city area, where many families live in se
貧民公寓
市區窮人聚居的老舊公寓樓
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.
Ramon 的祖母是在舊鐵道場旁的一棟貧民公寓裡長大的。
grew up in a tenement
Laundry hung from every window of the brick tenement on Mercer Street.
Mercer Street 那棟磚造貧民公寓的每扇窗戶都掛著晾洗的衣物。
visual detail: tenement on [street]
The fire spread quickly through the tenement because the stairs were wooden.
因為樓梯是木造的，火勢很快就燒遍了那棟貧民公寓。
Omar visited a museum that recreated a family's room in a nineteenth-century tenement.
Omar 參觀了一間博物館，裡面重現了一戶人家在十九世紀貧民公寓中的房間。
City workers inspected the tenement after tenants complained about leaking pipes.
房客抱怨水管漏水後，市府人員檢查了那棟貧民公寓。
- 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.