flophouse

flophouse

英 ['flɒphaʊs]

n. 監獄；廉價的低級住所或旅館

中文詞源：

flophouse 廉價客棧

比喻用法。

例句：

1. I can only afford to live in a flophouse.
我隻能住便宜的旅館.

2. By now, you're running from flophouse to alley foot jobs for enough cash to stay alive.
現在, 你已經在逃命瞭,從一傢小旅館換到另一傢,偷偷做腳底按摩賺錢為生.

3. He found Jennison living in style as the proprietor of an old man's flophouse.
他發現詹妮森在一個專住老年人的雞毛店裡當老板,過著闊氣的生活.