Word · Frequency #14868
shacking
居住；安家；（与某人）同居
shacking is the present participle of shack.
核心释义
to live somewhere; to make one's home in a place
- 1.
居住(在某处或与某人一起)；同居。
To live (in or with); to shack up.
- 2.
在某个地方或社区安家
make one's home in a particular place or community
- 3.
拖拉或缓慢地移动、行进或走路
move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly
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
用法In use
While the house was being repaired, we shacked up in a small apartment across the street.
用法提示：此处shack up表示“暂住/居住”，shacked为过去式。
They have shacked up in the mountain village every winter for the past five years.
用法提示：have shacked up为现在完成时，表示“居住/安家”。
For the summer, the students are shacking up in an old dormitory near the beach.
用法提示：are shacking up为现在进行时，表示“正在暂住/居住”。
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。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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。
习语与比喻表达Idioms & figurative uses
- shack up
- 未婚同居；同居They're planning to shack up next month.
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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。
语境与语域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。
语法说明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”。
发音与拼写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。
用法优先级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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.