shanty: English has two distinct words shanty. The older, ‘shack’ [19], originated in America, and the fact that to begin with it was mainly used for the houses of Irish immigrants suggests that it may have come from Irish sean tig ‘old house’. Shanty ‘sailor’s song’ [19] probably comes from chantez, the imperative plural of French chanter ‘sing’. => canto, chant
shanty (n.1)
"rough cabin," 1820, from Canadian French chantier "lumberjack's headquarters," in French, "timberyard, dock," from Old French chantier "gantry," from Latin cantherius "rafter, frame" (see gantry). Shanty Irish in reference to the Irish underclass in the U.S., is from 1928 (title of a book by Jim Tully).
shanty (n.2)
"sea song," 1867, alternative spelling of chanty (n.).
双语例句
1. Pop music can be heard 10 miles away blasting out from the huge tented shanty-town.
响亮的流行音乐从10英里之外巨大的搭满帐篷的棚户区传来。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The category includes ballad, carcl, sea shanty and lullaby.
它们可分为民谣 、 颂歌 、 水手小调以及摇篮曲等几类.
来自英汉非文学 - 民俗
3. I want to quit this shanty.
我也要离开这烂房子.
来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
4. She looked doubtfully at him, at the low shanty.