Noun smoke rose from a fisherman's hut on the shore of the lake
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The man’s body was found lying in a hammock in a hut by Funai officials on August 23. Camilo Rocha, CNN, 28 Aug. 2022 The original hut has an unusual design feature that enables the ceiling to arch from a height of 8 feet at the outer walls to 14 feet at the apex. Sophy Chaffee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2022 Sows each have their own little hut, and the huts are scattered around a pasture. Tamar Haspel, Washington Post, 22 July 2022 The owner, Steve Pitts, 64, wore a white mud cloth from Mali with a black elephant on its back and a hut surrounded by black ankhs on the front. Joshua Burrell, Chicago Tribune, 3 July 2022 After nearly three weeks of hauling wood while eating almost nothing except for seaweed, Limansky’s body gave out before his hut was even halfway complete. Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 17 June 2022 The rental hut overlooking the quarry along the Riverwalk near Rotary Hill and the Riverwalk Café. Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2022 Athletes instead lean hard on the excellent Swiss hut system, and the occasional valley hotel, for most food and lodging—which frees them to run with packs that weigh nine pounds or less, not counting water. Christopher Solomon, Outside Online, 26 Apr. 2022 It’s not fair to call Red Mountain Alpine Lodge a hut. Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2020 See More
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Etymology
Noun
French hutte, from Old French hute, from Old High German hutta hut; probably akin to Old English hȳd skin, hide
ADJECTIVE | VERB + HUT | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤makeshift臨時小屋➤bamboo, mud, stone, straw, wooden小竹棚;小土屋;小石屋;茅舍;小木屋▸➤thatched草棚◇the thatched huts of local villagers當地村民的草棚➤round圓形的小棚子▸➤little, small小屋➤ramshackle搖搖欲墜的小屋◇They live in ramshackle huts constructed of discarded building materials.他們住在用廢棄建築材料搭建的小破屋中。➤beach, mountain海灘棚屋;山中小屋▸➤fisherman's, fishing, shepherd's, etc.漁民、漁場、牧羊人等的棚屋▸➤Nissen, Quonset™ (NAmE) 尼森式半筒形鐵皮屋;拱頂活動房屋▸➤site (BrE) 工棚◇The builders were collecting their wages from the site hut.建築工們正在工棚裏領工錢。VERB + HUT➤build, make建造小屋◇huts built with mud bricks用土坯搭建的小屋PREPOSITION➤in a/the hut在小屋裏◇The refugees spent the winter in tents or makeshift huts.難民在帳篷或者簡易房裏過冬。