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tent city

/tent-sit ee/US // ˈtɛnt ˌsɪt i //

帐篷城市,帐篷城,帐篷之城,帐篷市

Related Words

encampment驻地,营地,驻扎地,驻扎点tent帐篷,帐蓬,帐幕,帐篷里bivouac宿营地,行军床,扎营,露营campfire篝火,篝火晚会,营火,篝火聚会campground营地,露营区,露营场,露营地caravansary房车旅馆,房车营地,房车俱乐部,旅店chalet小屋,小木屋,木屋,小别墅cottage山寨,山寨机,小屋,山庄hut小屋,小木屋,棚屋lean-to精简型,精简型建筑,精简型的,倾斜式建筑lodge宾馆,宾馆的shack棚屋,棚户区,窝棚,棚子shanty棚户区,棚屋,棚户区改造,简陋shed棚子,棚,棚屋,大棚tepee帐篷,帐蓬tilt倾斜,倾斜度,倾斜的,俯仰wigwam窝窝头,窝窝团,窝棚,假山camping ground露营地,露营场,野营地,露营区

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an area set up with tents, especially to house unsheltered, homeless, or displaced people.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as incamp
Synonyms
encampment驻地,营地,驻扎地,驻扎点tent帐篷,帐蓬,帐幕,帐篷里bivouac宿营地,行军床,扎营,露营campfire篝火,篝火晚会,营火,篝火聚会campground营地,露营区,露营场,露营地caravansary房车旅馆,房车营地,房车俱乐部,旅店chalet小屋,小木屋,木屋,小别墅cottage山寨,山寨机,小屋,山庄hut小屋,小木屋,棚屋lean-to精简型,精简型建筑,精简型的,倾斜式建筑lodge宾馆,宾馆的shack棚屋,棚户区,窝棚,棚子shanty棚户区,棚屋,棚户区改造,简陋shed棚子,棚,棚屋,大棚tepee帐篷,帐蓬tilt倾斜,倾斜度,倾斜的,俯仰wigwam窝窝头,窝窝团,窝棚,假山camping ground露营地,露营场,野营地,露营区log cabin木屋,原木屋,圆木屋,原木小屋summer home夏日之家,夏天的家,夏日家园,夏日的家

Examples

  • He highlighted reporting on the sprawling tent cities south of the San Ysidro port of entry, growing because of the Migrant Protection Protocols, a federal policy that’s forced migrants to wait in Mexico as their cases are resolved.

  • The residents of this tent city are asylum-seekers who have already been waiting in Mexico for months and hope the new president means their wait is finally over.

  • Speaking of MPP, two local reporters wrote separate stories about a sprawling tent city growing just south of the San Ysidro port of entry.

  • KPBS’s Max Rivlin-Nadler painted a vivid picture of life in this growing tent city, which has attracted a crew of volunteer cooks, doctors, teachers and social workers.

  • The deadly crash Monday as a storm approached was a shocking reminder of the dangers people who live in those tent cities face and of the challenge the mayor and a largely new class of City Council members have inherited.

  • Throughout the fifties, in city after city, fluoridation became the subject of fierce debate.

  • To put it rather uncharitably, the USPHS practiced a major dental experiment on a city full of unconsenting subjects.

  • Today, the city is an Asian hipster outpost, with shopping malls, clothing boutiques, and mixologist-prepared cocktails.

  • “I love my job and I love my city and I am committed to the work here,” he said in a statement.

  • Saved from the public gallows, Weeks was virtually exiled from the city, and wound up in Mississippi, where he raised a family.

  • The Duchess had also a tent for their sick men; so that we had a small town of our own here, and every body employed.

  • This city stands upon almost two equal parts on each side the river that passes through.

  • When she arrived she made a regular entry into the city in a coach all gold and glass, drawn by eight superb plumed horses.

  • Two young lovers were exchanging their hearts' yearnings beneath the children's tent, which they had found unoccupied.

  • You see, I am the city undertaker, and the people are dying here so fast, that I can hardly supply the demand for coffins.

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