hovel

英 [ˈhɒvl]

美 [ˈhʌvl]

n. (不适于居住的)肮脏简陋的住所

复数：hovels　过去式：hovelled　

GRE TEM8

BNC.21716 / COCA.23775

牛津词典

noun

（不适于居住的）肮脏简陋的住所
a house or room that is not fit to live in because it is dirty or in very bad condition

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT （尤指破败不堪的）小屋，茅舍
Ahovelis a small hut, especially one which is dirty or needs a lot of repair.
1. They lived in a squalid hovel for the next five years.
  接下来的5年中，他们住在一间肮脏不堪的小破屋里。
N-COUNT 肮脏简陋的住处
You describe a house, room, or flat as ahovelto express your disapproval or dislike of it because it is dirty, untidy, and in poor condition.
1. I went for a living-in job, but the room I was given was a hovel.
  我找了份提供住所的工作，但分给我的房间简直不是人住的地方。

英英释义

noun

small crude shelter used as a dwelling
Synonym:huthutchshackshanty

双语例句

One morning, this spy saw Jean Valjean, with an air which struck the old gossip as peculiar, entering one of the uninhabited compartments of the hovel.
有一天早晨，这个蓄意窥探的老婆子看见冉阿让走进这座破屋的一间没有人住的房里去了，觉得他的神气有些特别。
I don't know how you can bear to live in this hovel.
我不知道你怎能忍受住在这狗窝里。
He had a son, Loush, and lived in this hovel in the bank besides the road.
他有一个儿子，Luosh，生活在路边的小河边简陋的草棚里。
Wireless sensor networks are a hovel technology about acquiring and processing information.
无线传感网络是一门获取和处理信息的新兴技术。
I went for a living-in job, but the room I was given was a hovel.
我找了份提供住所的工作，但分给我的房间简直不是人住的地方。
He had led her to the rendezvous in a hovel on the city's outskirts, leaving Onn just at dusk.
他俩在薄暮时分离开安城，他领着她来到郊外一间约定好的小茅舍。
He dreamt an old dream of a hovel by the sea, three dogs whimpering, a woman's tears.
他梦到一个曾经做过的梦：海边的旅馆，三只狗在呜咽，一个女人在流泪。
At that moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of the family hovel. "is that your son?" the nobleman asked.
这时候，农夫的儿子刚好来到家门口。“这是你的儿子吗？”贵族问道。
At this word from his wife, Jondrette closed the door again, and this time, Marius heard his step die away in the corridor of the hovel, and descend the staircase rapidly.
听他女人说完，容德雷特又带上了门，这一次，马吕斯听到他的脚步在过道里越走越远，很快便下了楼梯。
He took a turn round the hovel, and added
他在那穷窟里走了一圈，又加上一句