Word · Frequency #14868
shack
简陋棚屋；窝棚
A crudely built hut or cabin; a small rough dwelling.
- 1.
A crude, roughly built hut or cabin.
粗陋搭建的小屋或棚屋。
- 2.
Bait that can be picked up at sea.
在海中可获取的鱼饵；海上捞取的饵料。
- 3.
small crude shelter used as a dwelling
简陋小屋
- 4.
Any poorly constructed or poorly furnished building.
建造或陈设简陋的建筑物。
简陋破旧的房屋；破房子；海上拾取的鱼饵；海钓饵料；粗陋搭建的小屋或棚屋。；在海中可获取的鱼饵；海上捞取的饵料。；简陋小屋
In use
The fisherman lived in a small wooden shack by the shore.
We discovered an abandoned shack deep in the forest.
He converted the old shack into a workshop for his woodworking projects.
a [adjective] shack
可用tiny、crude、old等形容词突出shack的简陋或破旧。
They slept in a small shack made of wood and tin.
他们睡在用木头和铁皮搭成的小棚屋里。
a shack [prepositional phrase]
用介词短语说明位置，常见搭配有on the beach、by the river、in the woods等。
He built a shack on the hillside.
他在山坡上建了一间简陋小屋。
live in a shack
动词常用live或stay，表示居住在这种简陋处所。
Connections
Collocations
- tin shack
- 铁皮棚屋
- They lived in a tin shack near the river.他们住在河边的一间铁皮棚屋里。
- beach shack
- 海滩小屋
- They stayed in a little beach shack during the holiday.假期里他们住在一间海滩小屋里。
- fishing shack
- 钓鱼棚；渔人小屋
- The fishermen kept their nets in a fishing shack.渔民们把渔网放在钓鱼棚里。
- tool shack
- 工具棚
- The gardener stores his equipment in a tool shack.园丁把工具存放在工具棚里。
- dilapidated shack
- 破败的棚屋
- The travelers found shelter in a dilapidated shack.旅行者们在一个破败的棚屋里找到了栖身之处。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
shack 与 sack（麻袋）同韵：想象一间简陋小屋像只破麻袋，四处漏风。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、旅行见闻、住房相关报道 该词表示“简陋小屋、窝棚”时，通常是比较中性的日常用词，多用于口语或描述性文字，如旅行见闻、住房报道；在正式的学术或公文文体中较少出现。可根据房屋的简易程度译为“简陋小屋”“窝棚”或“破旧房子”。
Grammar Note
常指简陋的临时住所
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上词语均以 /æk/ 结尾，与 shack 押韵。注意拼写相似的 shake /ʃeɪk/、shock /ʃɒk/ 等发音不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.