| 单词 | matchbox house |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmatchbox house 3. figurative. A small, cramped house or flat; (South African) a matchbox-shaped house built as part of a mass housing scheme in a township (more fully matchbox house). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > small house mousetrap1727 cottage1765 maisonette1785 houselet1802 matchbox1920 1920 J. Joyce Let. 29 Sept. (1957) I. 148 Got notice to quit this matchbox and am..looking for a flat. 1953 H. MacInnes I & my True Love x. 91 Soon, in the neatly tidied space, a four-storeyed matchbox was raised, end up, on top of another matchbox which lay on its side. 1963 M. Benson Afr. Patriots 288 During the night helicopters flew low over townships flashing searchlights down on the matchbox houses and rough roads. 1990 D. Bristow & S. Motjuwadi Soweto 45 Most houses are the two- to four-roomed ‘matchboxes’ where whole families..squeeze into each tiny room. 1993 Sat. Night (Toronto) Feb. 24/3 A square block of matchbox houses.., where virtually all the main characters toughed out their adolescences. < as lemmas |
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