英语词汇shanty的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

shanty; shantytown. Shanty, for “shack or rough cabin,” is an Americanism first recorded in 1820 that probably derives from the Gaelic sean tig, “old house,” though the French Canadian chantier, “log hut,” is also a strong possibility. Shantytown, re- corded in 1845, first meant a cluster of shacks near a railyard where railroad construction workers lived. Because many Irish lived in such shantytowns the term soon meant a poor Irish district, shanty Irish (1925) coming to mean poor Irish people who lived in such districts.

词汇	shanty
词源	shanty; shantytown. Shanty, for “shack or rough cabin,” is an Americanism first recorded in 1820 that probably derives from the Gaelic sean tig, “old house,” though the French Canadian chantier, “log hut,” is also a strong possibility. Shantytown, re- corded in 1845, first meant a cluster of shacks near a railyard where railroad construction workers lived. Because many Irish lived in such shantytowns the term soon meant a poor Irish district, shanty Irish (1925) coming to mean poor Irish people who lived in such districts.
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