| 单词 | tenement |
| 释义 | tenement —tenemental /ten'euh men"tl/, tenementary /ten'euh men"teuh ree/, adj. —tenemented, adj. /ten"euh meuhnt/, n. 1. Also called tenement house. a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, esp. in a poor section of a large city. 2. Law. a. any species of permanent property, as lands, houses, rents, an office, or a franchise, that may be held of another. b. tenements, freehold interests in things immovable considered as subjects of property. 3. Brit. an apartment or room rented by a tenant. 4. Archaic. any abode or habitation. [1250-1300; ME < ML tenementum, equiv. to L tene(re) to hold + -mentum -MENT] |
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