這個拼法是2個不同的字· 2 words spelled “shanty”
- 1shanty · makeshift hut簡陋小屋Picture a hut somebody put up themselves out of whatever was lying around: thin boards, a sheet of tin, a…
- 2
shanty · makeshift hut
nounPicture a hut somebody put up themselves out of whatever was lying around: thin boards, a sheet of tin, a piece of plastic for the roof. It stands, it keeps most of the rain out, and that is all it was ever asked to do. The materials tell you the rest — whoever built it had very little to build with, and no expectation of staying comfortable.
From the word’s history
The word is generally traced to Canadian French chantier, a lumberjack's headquarters out in the forest: a camp shelter thrown together for as long as the work lasted. That temporary, built-on-the-spot shelter sits right behind the modern meaning. An Irish seantí, 'old house', is sometimes suggested, but lexicologists do not consider it likely.
一般認為 shanty 來自加拿大法語的 chantier，原指伐木工人在林子裡的據點——工作做多久，棚子就搭多久。那種臨時、就地搭起來的遮蔽物，正好接上今天的意思。也有人說它來自愛爾蘭語 seantí（老房子），但研究字源的人多半不採信。
Wiktionary, "shanty" (etymology 1)
shanty · sailors' work song
nounPicture the moment a rope is far too heavy for one person. Thirty men have to pull on the same second, so one of them sings a line and the rest answer with the same words — and the answer is the pull. The song is the timing. It was never mainly there to be enjoyed.
From the word’s history
This shanty is traced to French chantez, the command form of chanter, 'sing!'. It shares its spelling with the hut word by accident; the two came into English by different routes.
這個 shanty 一般認為來自法文 chantez，也就是 chanter（唱）的命令形，字面就是「唱吧」。它和「簡陋小屋」那個 shanty 拼法相同只是巧合，兩個字是從不同的路進到英文裡的。
Wiktionary, "shanty" (etymology 2)