tenement

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈtɛnɪmənt/

名詞

比喩的用法

A building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one. / (law) Any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned.

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She grew up in a tenement above the bakery, where the stairwell always smelled of yeast and frying oil.

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意味（1）

A building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one.

He turned into Cumberland street and, going on some paces, halted in the lee of the station wall. No-one. Meade’s timberyard. Piled balks. Ruins and tenements.

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意味（2）

(law) Any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned.

The island of Brecqhou is a tenement of Sark.

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意味（3）

(figuratively) Dwelling; abode; habitation.

, Book III Who has informed us that a rational soul can inhabit no tenement, unless it has just such a sort of frontispiece?

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tenements （ 複数形 ）