English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woord "shanty" het 'n paar verskillende woordeboekbetekenisse na gelang van die konteks waarin dit gebruik word.'n Klein, kru geboude en dikwels tydelike woning; 'n hut of kajuit.'n Lied wat deur matrose gesing word, veral terwyl hulle harde fisiese arbeid doen.'n Styl van folk musiek gekenmerk deur eenvoudige, dikwels geïmproviseerde lirieke en 'n melodie wat maklik is om mee saam te sing.(Noord-Amerika) 'n Klein restaurant of kosstalletjie wat tipies goedkoop en eenvoudige kos verkoop , veral seekos.(Australië en Nieu-Seeland) 'n Klein strandhuis of vakansiehuisie, gewoonlik gemaak van goedkoop of herwonne materiale.Die spesifieke betekenis van "shanty" in 'n gegewe konteks kan bepaal word deur die konteks waarin dit gebruik word.

Synonyms

  1. hovel
  2. hut
  3. hutch
  4. shack

Sentence Examples

  1. I looked up just in time to see that shanty port I had visited once before.
  2. We ran past the port as Tristan led us past the spider huts and pueblos that made up the shanty town.
  3. Around him there was some sort of shanty town ramshackle wooden buildings marched along haphazardly, the stalls of a market following no street plan the marine could discern.
  4. He turned abruptly to take the left-hand path toward the Sea Shanty, only to run right into someone coming from the opposite direction.
  5. Unfortunately, their deaths had set the wooden shanty town in a hellish conflagration.
  6. The modern was a backdrop to the past crude, shanty structures stood at the foot of tall hotels and resorts.
  7. Soon, there were five or six different battles spinning wildly through the shanty town.
  8. We had reached the innermost section and could see the wall from down below and that shanty port town with the giant spiders in the distance.
  9. Flynn stepped carefully off the path and around Denal at a safe distance and started to head toward the Sea Shanty, because now he needed that beer more than ever.
  10. I had already bought the shanty of James Collins, an Irishman who worked on the Fitchburg Railroad, for boards.