Word · Frequency #14868
shacking
居住；安家；（与某人）同居
shacking is the present participle of shack.
to live somewhere; to make one's home in a place
- 1.
To live (in or with); to shack up.
居住(在某处或与某人一起)；同居。
- 2.
make one's home in a particular place or community
在某个地方或社区安家
- 3.
move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly
拖拉或缓慢地移动、行进或走路
缓慢移动；拖沓地行走；居住(在某处或与某人一起)；同居。；在某个地方或社区安家；拖拉或缓慢地移动、行进或走路；陋屋
In use
While the house was being repaired, we shacked up in a small apartment across the street.
They have shacked up in the mountain village every winter for the past five years.
For the summer, the students are shacking up in an old dormitory near the beach.
shack up (with sb) (in/at [place])
shack up 是非正式表达，常指未婚伴侣同居；with 后接人，in/at 后接地点。
She's shacking up with her boyfriend in a tiny flat.
她和男朋友住在一套很小的公寓里。
shack + adv./prep.
这个义项较少见，表示拖着脚步、缓慢地移动，后常接方向状语。
The old man shacked along the street.
老人拖着脚步走在街上。
Verb forms
base shack · third person shacks · -ing shacking · past shacked · past participle shacked
Connections
Collocations
- shack up
- 同居
- They decided to shack up after dating for a year.他们约会一年后决定同居。
- shack up with
- 与…同居
- She shacked up with a colleague she met at work.她和一位在工作中认识的同事同居了。
- shack up in
- 暂住在；在…安身
- We shacked up in a friend's spare room while we looked for an apartment.我们找公寓期间暂住在朋友家的空房间里。
Idioms & figurative uses
- shack up
- 未婚同居；同居They're planning to shack up next month.他们打算下个月同居。
- shack up with
- 与…未婚同居；与…同居He shacked up with a woman he met at work.他和一个工作中认识的女人同居了。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：shack up（同居）就是一起搭个小窝；shack 作动词便指居住、安家，还引申出慢吞吞地走。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：informal conversation、casual writing、talking about living arrangements shack 作动词表示“居住/同居”时多用于口语，常与 up 连用（shack up），指与某人一起住在某处或未婚同居。比较常见于非正式场合，如朋友聊天、轻松的文章；正式文体中建议改用 live together 或 stay。
Grammar Note
常用搭配为短语 shack up（同居）；shack up with sb 表示“与某人同居”。另可表示“缓慢拖沓地移动”。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 shack /ʃæk/ 押韵的词有 back、black、crack、pack（都含 /æk/）。注意形近词 shake /ʃeɪk/ 和 shackle /ˈʃækəl/ 发音不同，不要按拼写类推。
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.