bothy

n. 茅屋, 劳动者的合住小屋

发音

UK /ˈbɒθi/
其它
US /ˈbɑθi/
IE /ˈbʌhi/
SCOT /ˈbɔθe/

词形变化

bothies 复数

别名

boothie boothy bothie

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small cottage or hut; specifically (Scotland), one often left unlocked for communal use in a remote, often mountainous, area by hikers, labourers, etc.

  2. 2.

    A building for workers to rest in.

  3. 3.

    A building on a farm, sometimes with just one room, for (usually unmarried male) farmworkers or other labourers to live in.

    历史 植物学 商务

相关短语

bothy ballad bothy ballads

词源

Probably from booth + -y (diminutive suffix). Booth is ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic *bōþō (“building; dwelling; hut”), from *būaną (“to dwell, reside”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to be”). The short vowel /ɒ/, /ɑ/, etc., in the first syllable instead of the long vowel /uː/ in booth may be due to the influence of Irish both and Scottish Gaelic both (“booth, hut”), which have the same etymology as booth.

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