hoovervilles

hoovervilles

美 　英

• n.失业者收容所
• 网络胡佛村；胡佛村庄

词形变化

复数：hoovervilles  

英汉解释

n.	1. 失业者收容所
un.	1. 贫民窟(因美国总统胡佛任期内发生经济大萧条,失业者流落棚户区而得名)

英英解释

n.	1. a camp erected on the outskirts of a city during the Great Depression of the 1930s to house the poor and homeless

例句

The poor lived in city dumps, in so-called Hoovervilles, and fought over garbage thrown out by restaurants.

穷人住在城市垃圾场，盖起了所谓的胡佛村，甚至为争夺餐馆丢弃的残羹冷炙大打出手。