英语词源
- Hooverville
- 1933, American English, from U.S. president Herbert C. Hoover (1874-1964), who was in office when the Depression began, + common place-name ending -ville. Earlier his name was the basis of Hooverize "economize on food" (1917) from his role as wartime head of the U.S. Food Administration.
权威例句
- 1. During the Depression a shantytown was known by the designation Hooverville.
- 在萧条时期,贫民区以胡佛村而闻名.
- 2. After burying her, the group went into a Hooverville, as the migrants'camps were called.
- 他们埋葬好了奶奶之后, 走进了一个胡佛村, 这是流民宿营地的一个别名.
- 3. The Joads left Hooverville and went to a government camp maintained for transient agricultural workers.
- 乔德一家人离开了胡佛村去到一所政府为过路的流动农业工人设立的营地.