英语单词“shtetl”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析

单词 shtetl 释义 shtetlnoun[C](alsoshtetel)uk/?tet.?l/us/?tet.?l/pluralshtetlach,shtetelach,shtetlekh,shtetlsorshtetelsin the past, asmalltownineasternEuropewhere a lot ofJewishpeoplelived:My grandmother'ssistermarriedsomeone from a shtetl who didn'tevenspeakPolish.Those shtetls had beenwipedout inWorldWar II.

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• Lestschinsky was a shtetlboy,bornandbred.
• I have been to Auschwitz and theemptyshtetels in Poland.
• Myfamilyemigratedto Edinburghslightlyover 100yearsago, from the shtetls of Lithuania.

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(Definition ofshtetlfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/shtetl##