单词 | tenement |
释义 | tenement n.   1. a room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of flats.   2. US & Sc. a house divided into and let in tenements.   3. a dwelling-place.   4. a a piece of land held by an owner. b Law any kind of permanent property, e.g. lands or rents, held from a superior. Phrases and idioms tenement-house US & Sc. = sense 2. Derivatives tenemental adj. tenementary adj. Etymology: ME f. OF f. med.L tenementum f. tenere hold |
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