Word · Frequency #25570
pigsty
猪舍
a pen for pigs
- 1.
An enclosure where pigs are kept, either a building or part of one.
养猪的围栏,可以是建筑物或建筑的一部分。
- 2.
a pen for swine
猪圈
养猪的围栏,可以是建筑物或建筑的一部分。；猪圈；肮脏地方
In use
The farmer cleaned the pigsty and put fresh straw inside for the pigs.
We built a small pigsty behind our house to raise two pigs.
The old pigsties on the farm are now used for storing tools.
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。
be a pigsty
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。
turn somewhere into a pigsty
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。
Common mistakes
His room is pigsty.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”。
There are two pigstys on the farm.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。
The pigs are kept in a pig house.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。
Connections
Collocations
- an absolute pigsty
- 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。
- look like a pigsty
- 乱得像猪窝
- His room looks like a pigsty.他的房间乱得像猪窝。
- turn something into a pigsty
- 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。
- live in a pigsty
- 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。
- muck out the pigsty
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
pig + sty，猪住的棚子，又脏又乱的地方。
Context & Register
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。
Grammar Note
复数形式为 pigsties。
Pronunciation & Spelling
发音匹配：pie, sky, fly, try 与 pigsty 中的 -sty /staɪ/ 押韵。注意拼写以 -sty 结尾的 dusty, majesty 读 /sti/，不要混淆。
Learn the forms together
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