Definition of Portakabin in English:

Portakabin

noun ˈpɔːtəkabɪn

British trademark

A portable building, used as a temporary office, classroom, etc.
Example sentencesExamples
- But meeting O'Neill, the city's head of arts and museums, in his green Portakabin on what still looks like a building site outside the museum, this claim seems perhaps a little optimistic.
- The only public building left is a part-time post office in a Portakabin parked in a stand of sprawling oak and magnolia trees by the roadside.
- Those early years, based in a small office in a Portakabin on the Murrayfield back pitches, were difficult ones for Hadden, to say the least.
- Suggestions are now being heard to find a suitable location for a temporary Portakabin surgery until its permanent replacement is ready for construction.
- This disconnection from the main building led to feelings of isolation, particularly for children in the special needs unit, who were housed in the Portakabins.
- It would be impossible to have this done by September, he said and if they stayed the school's Portakabins would be illegal structures.

Origin

1960s: from porta- and an alteration of cabin.

单词	Portakabin
释义	Definition of Portakabin in English: Portakabin noun ˈpɔːtəkabɪn British trademark A portable building, used as a temporary office, classroom, etc. Example sentencesExamples But meeting O'Neill, the city's head of arts and museums, in his green Portakabin on what still looks like a building site outside the museum, this claim seems perhaps a little optimistic. The only public building left is a part-time post office in a Portakabin parked in a stand of sprawling oak and magnolia trees by the roadside. Those early years, based in a small office in a Portakabin on the Murrayfield back pitches, were difficult ones for Hadden, to say the least. Suggestions are now being heard to find a suitable location for a temporary Portakabin surgery until its permanent replacement is ready for construction. This disconnection from the main building led to feelings of isolation, particularly for children in the special needs unit, who were housed in the Portakabins. It would be impossible to have this done by September, he said and if they stayed the school's Portakabins would be illegal structures. Origin 1960s: from porta- and an alteration of cabin.
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