flophouse是什么意思？

flophouse

英[ˈflɒphaʊs] 美[ˈflɑphaʊs]

• n. 廉价的低级住所或旅馆，<俗>监狱；

复数：flophouses;

例句

• By now, you're running from flophouse to alley foot jobs for enough cash to stay alive. 现在, 你已经在逃命了,从一家小旅馆换到另一家,偷偷做脚底按摩赚钱为生.
• I can only afford to live in a flophouse. 我只能住便宜的旅馆.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  廉价旅馆;低级旅社
  A flophouse is a kind of cheap hotel in a city for people who have no home and very little money.

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a cheap lodging house