hovel
hovel 英 [ˈhɒvl] 美 [ˈhʌvl]
n. 小屋；栅舍；茅舍 vt. 使…住在茅屋；把…拴入棚舍
名词复数:hovels
- A hovel is a small shed or dwelling, often messy, cramped, and crudely built, such as a shelter in a refugee camp — or possibly your apartment if you have too much stuff and not enough time to clean.
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- n. 小屋；栅舍；茅舍
- vt. 使…住在茅屋；把…拴入棚舍
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1. The same house in a neighborhood of $500, 000 homes may feel like a hovel.
同样的房子换到50万美元的小区里，他会觉得自己住的是茅舍。
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2. She died, many decades later, in 2007, in a Paris at peace, caged in her own filthy, darkened hovel, consumed with hatred, sick with fear.
数年后的2007年，在巴黎已经一片平和之时，她却走了，在黑暗的小屋中，埋葬了她的不堪，耗尽了她的怨恨，重病却依旧在害怕的回忆着那些日子。
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3. At that moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of the family 6)hovel. “Is that your son?” the nobleman said.
这时，农夫自己的儿子走到了他们家小屋的门前。“那是您的儿子吗？”贵族问道。
- hovel (n.) mid-14c., "roofed passage, vent for smoke," later "shed for animals" (mid-15c.), of unknown origin. The proposal that it is a diminutive of hof is "etymologically and chronologically inadmissible" [OED]. Meaning "shed for human habitation; rude or miserable cabin" is from 1620s. It also sometimes meant "canopied niche for a statue or image" (mid-15c.).
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