shanty

[US]/'ʃæntɪ/
[UK]/'ʃænti/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. (Amerika) kichumki chafu kwa ujumla na ukiwa kwa ujumla; baru ya kichumki chafu au mji mkuu wa kichumki chafu

vi. kushiriki kwenye kichumki chafu
Word Forms
Pluralshanties

Phrases & Collocations

sea shanty

shanty ya dawa

sailor's shanty

shanty ya mpira

traditional shanty

shanty ya traditiyani

folk shanty

shanty ya mazishi

Example Sentences

fixing up the shanty

kupiga mchana kwa shanty

Real-world Examples

James Collins' shanty was considered an uncommonly fine one.

Shanty ya James Collins ilikuwa inachokilahidi kwa mabaya sana.

Source: Selected Works from Walden Pond

Dozens of poor neighborhoods called shanty towns were crushed to the ground.

Mipili ya mahali ya mabaya yalitajwa shanty towns yalikuwa yamepotea kwa mabaya.

Source: VOA Special English: World

That first rod hangs on the wall of her shanty to this day.

Mipaka ya kwanza inaunganishwa kwenye moyo wa shanty yake hadi leo.

Source: National Geographic Anthology

Some houses had boarded up windows, and others looked more like patched-up shanties than homes.

Mipaka ya mabaya yalikuwa yamepotea kwa mabaya na mengine yalikuwa hujua kama shanties yaliyotengwa kama nyumba.

Source: Flowers for Algernon

Similar shanty towns were also destroyed in other Indian cities where lower-level G20 meetings are taking place.

Shanty towns zilizoelewa pia katika miji mengine ya India ambapo michezo ya G20 ya kipande chini zinapitia.

Source: VOA Special English: World

I assume you're referring to the sea shanty. It's a rhythmic work song designed to increase productivity.

Nakuhusiana na shanty ya mizigo. Huyu ni muziki wa kazi ya mafupi uliofanywa kwa matokeo ya kushambua uchaguzi.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 2

Kenyan athletes are finally on their way home from the Olympics after being stranded in a shanty town in Rio.

Mashambulizi wa Kenya wanaanza kuvunia nyumba baada ya kushambua kwa mabaya katika miji ya Rio.

Source: BBC Listening August 2016 Collection

They describe them as looking like ice fishing shanties.

Wanategemea wao kama shanties ya mazigo ya mafua.

Source: Airborne English Classroom: Advanced Edition - Peng Menghui English

The classic Roma image is poor people in shanty towns.

Picha ya Roma ya klasika ni watu wa mabaya kwenye miji ya shanty.

Source: Uncle Rich takes you on a trip to Europe.

So, that's shanty, tenement, and apartment.

Hii ni shanty, tenement na apartment.

Source: 2010 English Cafe

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