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a pigsty
基本义，指养猪的棚圈。
The pigs are kept in a pigsty at the back of the farm.
猪被养在农场后面的猪舍里。
猪舍
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猪舍
a pen for pigs
The pigs are kept in a pigsty at the back of the farm.
猪被养在农场后面的猪舍里。
养猪的围栏,可以是建筑物或建筑的一部分。
An enclosure where pigs are kept, either a building or part of one.
猪圈
a pen for swine
The farmer cleaned the pigsty and put fresh straw inside for the pigs.
农夫打扫了猪舍，并在里面为猪铺了新鲜稻草。
We built a small pigsty behind our house to raise two pigs.
我们在屋后建了一个小猪舍，用来养两头猪。
The old pigsties on the farm are now used for storing tools.
农场里那些旧猪舍现在被用来存放工具。
基本义，指养猪的棚圈。
The pigs are kept in a pigsty at the back of the farm.
猪被养在农场后面的猪舍里。
比喻义，形容非常脏乱的地方。
His bedroom is a pigsty—there are clothes everywhere.
他的卧室像个猪窝，到处都是衣服。
常用口语表达，表示把某处弄得十分脏乱。
The children turned the whole living room into a pigsty.
孩子们把整个客厅弄得像个猪窝。
Not this
His room is pigsty.
Use this
His room is a pigsty.
pigsty 是可数名词，单数作表语时前面需要不定冠词 a，表示“一个像猪圈一样脏乱的地方”。
Not this
There are two pigstys on the farm.
Use this
There are two pigsties on the farm.
pigsty 的复数形式是把词尾的 y 变 i 再加 es，即 pigsties，不能直接加 s。
Not this
The pigs are kept in a pig house.
Use this
The pigs are kept in a pigsty.
汉语的“猪圈/猪舍”不能直译成 pig house，英语中常用 pigsty 或 pigpen 来表示养猪的圈。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
十足的猪窝
The whole apartment was an absolute pigsty after the party.
聚会之后，整个公寓成了一个十足的猪窝。
乱得像猪窝
His room looks like a pigsty.
他的房间乱得像猪窝。
把某处弄得乱七八糟
The dog turned the backyard into a pigsty.
狗把后院弄得乱七八糟。
住在猪窝般的脏乱地方
She doesn't seem to mind living in a pigsty.
她似乎不介意住在猪窝般的脏乱地方。
清扫猪舍
He spends an hour mucking out the pigsty every morning.
他每天早上都要花一小时清扫猪舍。
猪窝，肮脏杂乱的地方
His room is a pigsty—there are clothes and food wrappers everywhere.
他的房间就是个猪窝——到处都是衣服和食品包装纸。
把某处弄得乱七八糟
The kids made a pigsty of the living room while playing all afternoon.
孩子们玩了一下午，把客厅弄得乱七八糟。
住在脏乱不堪的环境里
I don't know how you can live in a pigsty like this.
我不知道你怎么能住在这么脏乱的地方。
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pig + sty，猪住的棚子，又脏又乱的地方。
语域：mixed 常见场景：农场或养猪场景、日常口语中比喻脏乱处 字面义通常指猪舍、猪圈，属于中性常词；口语中比较常见用于比喻肮脏凌乱的地方，语气较随意。
复数形式为 pigsties。
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