skid row

短语

城市贫民区,贫民窟

发音

UK /ˌskɪd ˈɹəʊ/
US /ˌskɪd ˈɹoʊ/

词形变化

skid rows 复数 skid rows

别名

Skid Row skidrow

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An especially dilapidated section of a city, characterized by abandoned or run-down buildings and vices such as drug dealing and prostitution, and frequented by homeless people.

    加拿大 美国 可数 贬义 非正式 不可数
  2. 2.

    A situation of great desperation or misfortune.

    加拿大 美国 可数 比喻 非正式 不可数

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

slum

词源

An alteration of skid road (“road along which logs are dragged or skidded; (Canada, US, informal) downtown streets where loggers go for recreation on their time off”). In 1852, skid road was first applied to a slum area at the loggers’ part of town in Seattle, Washington, USA, and before 1900 it had come into common usage in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Over time, the variant skid row came to refer to a district or slum frequented by alcoholics and hobos, even in areas without a lumber industry.

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