单词 | chawle |
释义 | ▪ I. chawl|tʃɔːl| [ad. Marathi chāl a row of rooms let for lodgings, f. Skr. shālā house, hall.] An Indian lodging-house.
1891Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Dec. 7/2 The gaol-bird is..better off in every way in gaol than he would be in his chawl. 1898Jrnl. Soc. Arts 25 Feb. 312/1 Some of the Bombay ‘chawls’ or tenements, containing from 500 to 1,000 inhabitants each. 1946C. Batley Architecture 31 The conglomerations of regimented concrete cubicles known as chawls. 1962Clinard & Chatterjee in R. Turner India's Urban Future iv. 71 Urban slum dwellers reside in katras, lanes, chawls, bustees, ahatas, and cheris. ▪ II. chawl(e obs. (14–17th c.) f. chavel, jowl. |

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