| 释义 |
‖ bustee|ˈbʌstiː|
Also busti.
[Hindustani bastī dwelling.]
A village: ‘applied in Calcutta to the separate groups of huts in the humbler native quarters’ (Yule).
1883Sat. Rev. 8 Sept. 301/2 Collections of huts, which are known as ‘Bustees’. 1885Daily Tel. 25 Dec., No cases of cholera were found in the squalid bustees round several tanks. 1907Westm. Gaz. 16 Sept. 8/3 A large tiger..lurking among the ‘bustis’. 1960‘S. Harvester’ Chinese Hammer xxv. 202 Bustee hovels and sugar-cake temples..Calcutta. 1963Times 30 May 13/6 In bustees—as the shanty towns where 25 per cent of the population live are called—..fresh, clean water is never available. |