單詞
flophouse
英 ['fl?pha?s]
基本信息
- n. 監獄；廉價的低級住所或旅館
詞態變化
復數:?flophouses;
中文詞源
flophouse 廉價客棧
比喻用法。
英文詞源
- flophouse (n.)
- "cheap hotel," hobo slang, 1904, probably related to slang flop (v.) "lie down for sleep" (1907); see flop (v.) + house (n.). The explanation below is not found in other early references.
In one of [Cincinnati's] slum districts stands the Silver Moon, a "flop house" (i.e., a house where the occupants are "flopped" out of their hanging bunks by letting down the ropes) .... ["McClure's" magazine, November 1904]
雙語例句
- 1. I can only afford to live in a flophouse.
- 我只能住便宜的旅館.
來自口語例句
- 2. By now, you're running from flophouse to alley foot jobs for enough cash to stay alive.
- 現在, 你已經在逃命了,從一家小旅館換到另一家,偷偷做腳底按摩賺錢為生.
來自互聯網
- 3. He found Jennison living in style as the proprietor of an old man's flophouse.
- 他發現詹妮森在一個專住老年人的雞毛店里當老板,過著闊氣的生活.
來自互聯網
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