| 单词 | flop-house |
| 释义 | > as lemmasflop-house flop-house n. slang (originally U.S.) a doss-house. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > public lodging-places > [noun] > common lodging house common lodging house1748 kip1879 doss-house1888 Rowton house1897 fleabag1907 flop1910 flop-house1923 hotbed1939 1923 N. Anderson Hobo iii. 30 ‘Flop~houses’ are nearly all alike. Guests sleep on the floor or in bare, wooden bunks. The only privilege they buy is the privilege to lie down somewhere in a warm room. 1927 Scots Observer 26 Mar. 10/3 The lowest of the derelicts spent the night..in a ‘flophouse’ (which is worse than the lowest ‘model’). 1930 Harper's Mag. July 133 The Welfare Council of New York had to charter an old barge..as an overflow flop house. 1941 W. Lewis Let. 3 Sept. (1963) 297 If I don't do something to break out of the net, I shall end my days in a Toronto flophouse. 1964 S. Bellow Herzog (1965) 249 Get out! I leave you nothing!.. Croak in a flophouse. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。