hoovervilles

hoovervilles

美 　英

• n.失業者收容所
• 網絡胡佛村；胡佛村莊

詞形變化

復數：hoovervilles  

英漢解釋

n.	1. 失業者收容所
un.	1. 貧民窟(因美國總統胡佛任期內發生經濟大蕭條,失業者流落棚戶區而得名)

英英解釋

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.

窮人住在城市垃圾場，蓋起了所謂的胡佛村，甚至為爭奪餐館丟棄的殘羹冷炙大打出手。