| 单词 | tenant |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['tenənt] |
| 解释 | n.房客 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 房客(one that pays rent to use property owned by another) |
| 字源 | tenant (n.) early 14c., "person who holds lands by title or by lease," from Anglo-French tenaunt (late 13c.), Old French tenant "possessor; feudal tenant" (12c.), noun use of present participle of tenir "to hold," from Latin tenere "hold, keep, grasp" (see tenet). Related: Tenancy. Tenant-farmer attested from 1748. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 房客; 承租人 【记】rent(v 租)房的人是tenant |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】源自ten- tain,hold 保持,占有,占有土地与房子的；ten + aunt 十个姑姑来只能租房当房客，我家可住不下；tent + ant 帐篷里的蚂蚁是房客 |
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