hovel
棚屋,棚户区,棚户区改造,棚顶
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Definitions
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- : a small, very humble dwelling house; a wretched hut.
- : any dirty, disorganized dwelling.
- : an open shed, as for sheltering cattle or tools.
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hov·eled, hov·el·ing or hov·elled, hov·el·ling.
- : to shelter or lodge as in a hovel.
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Examples
When we first meet Bob, Tomlinson treats us to a description of the hovel in which he lives.
"She works out of a hovel, it is a broken-down building, just a shack," she said.
Alessandro's face haunted him, and also the memory of Ramona's, as she lay tossing and moaning in the wretched Cahuilla hovel.
For several days previous, I had been actively engaged in building my own little room, and making our hovel comfortable.
Maria and Sebastian were brought up in a hovel with a mud floor, and only one room, shared with the donkey and the goat.
Kent, still unrecognized by Lear, endeavors to persuade him to take refuge in a hovel.
A woman was at the entrance to our hovel, looking down full at us.