a small house, built of pieces of wood, metal and cardboard, where very poor people live, especially on the edge of a big city 棚屋，简陋小屋（常搭建于城市边缘） Nearly 20% of the city’s inhabitants live in shanty towns. 近20%的城市居民住在棚屋区。 The whole family lives in a shanty made of wood, mud and tin. 全家人住在一个用木头、土坯和铁皮搭成的棚屋里。
- (also sea shanty)(US English chanty, chantey)
a song that sailors traditionally used to sing while pulling ropes, etc. 水手号子（旧时水手边拉绳索等边唱的歌）
Word Originsense 1 early 19th cent. (originally a North American usage): perhaps from Canadian French chantier ‘lumberjack's cabin, logging camp’.sense 2 mid 19th cent.: probably from French chantez! ‘sing!’, imperative plural of chanter.