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live in a shanty
此义指简陋的临时住所，是可数名词，复数形式为 shanties。
The workers live in a shanty near the railway.
工人们住在铁路附近的一间棚屋里。
棚屋；简陋小屋
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棚屋；简陋小屋
small crude shelter used as a dwelling
The workers live in a shanty near the railway.
工人们住在铁路附近的一间棚屋里。
简陋建造的小屋或棚屋。
A roughly-built hut or cabin.
一种有节奏的劳动号子,传统上由水手或码头工人演唱,用于统一步伐以进行拉拽、绞盘、装货等活动。
A rhythmic work song, traditionally sung by sailors or stevedores, functioning to set the pace for hauling, turning a capstan, loading, or other such activities.
简陋或临时搭建的住所,尤指非法占有的。
A rudimentary or improvised dwelling, especially one not legally owned.
After losing his job, he lived in a tiny shanty behind the railway station for almost a year.
失业后，他在火车站后面的一间简陋棚屋里住了将近一年。
The hikers found an abandoned shanty and used it as shelter for the night.
徒步者们找到了一间废弃的棚屋，晚上用它来避风遮雨。
In the fishing village, several families still live in shanties they built themselves.
在这个渔村里，有几户人家仍然住在自己搭建的棚屋里。
此义指简陋的临时住所，是可数名词，复数形式为 shanties。
The workers live in a shanty near the railway.
工人们住在铁路附近的一间棚屋里。
此义指水手劳动时唱的节奏歌，注意与“棚屋”义拼写相同但意思不同。
The old sailors sang a shanty as they worked.
老水手们一边干活一边唱劳动号子。
Not this
They built shanty near the river.
Use this
They built a shanty near the river.
shanty 是可数名词单数，前面需要冠词或限定词；汉语没有冠词概念，所以容易漏掉 a。
Not this
The workers slept in shantys.
Use this
The workers slept in shanties.
以辅音字母加 y 结尾的名词变复数要先把 y 改为 i，再加 -es，所以 shanty 的复数是 shanties。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
棚户区；贫民窟
The city plans to redevelop the shanty town near the river.
该市计划改造河边的棚户区。
小木棚；简陋木屋
He built a wooden shanty at the edge of the forest.
他在森林边缘搭了一个小木棚。
临时棚屋；简易棚
They spent the night in a makeshift shanty.
他们在一个临时棚屋里过夜。
水手劳动号子；海员号子
The crew sang a sea shanty as they hauled the ropes.
船员们一边拉绳索，一边唱水手号子。
唱劳动号子；唱水手号子
The old sailor taught us to sing a shanty.
老水手教我们唱水手号子。
那些粗野的男孩无处可去，他们被关在棚户区里。
Desmond Dekker's 1967 reggae hit '007 (Shanty Town)' uses 'shanty town' to describe a poor, cramped neighborhood.
德斯蒙德·德克1967年的雷鬼热曲《007（棚户区）》用“shanty town”来形容一个贫穷拥挤的街区。
Use shanty naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 shanty 拆成 shan(山)+ty，想象山边简陋棚屋；sea shanty 则是水手劳动号子，联想船工边干活边唱。
语域：neutral 常见场景：news reporting、literature、informal speech 作“简陋小屋”讲时，shanty 的语域比较中性，但常带“破旧、临时”的色彩，多用于新闻报道或文学作品中描述贫民区、棚户区或临时住所；日常口语里也能听到，但在正式的法律或技术文件中不太常见。
真押韵：scanty /ˈskænti/、panty /ˈpænti/、美式 auntie /ˈænti/ 与 shanty 的 /ˈʃænti/ 韵母完全相同（/ænti/）。拼写近似但发音不同：shady /ˈʃeɪdi/、shiny /ˈʃaɪni/、sandy /ˈsændi/。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.