prefab

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pre·fab /ˈpriːfæb $ ˌpriːˈfæb/ noun [countable]  informalTB a small prefabricated building 小型预制装配式房屋；活动房屋

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prefab• Standards are so high that guests never suspect they are bathing in a prefab and installation is quick and easy.• Hugh spent the 1950S clearing space for prefabs.• People have prefabs with big gardens.• I sat and tried to stay calm turning the pages of a Country Life so old it was still selling off prefabs.• Demolish all the prefabs and get on with the high flats.• He got one a week later - the prefab we lived in until I was eleven.Origin prefab (1900-2000) prefabricated

pre·fab nounChineseSyllable  

small Corpus building a prefabricated

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pre‧fab /ˈpriːfæb $ ˌpriːˈfæb/ noun [countable]informal a small prefabricated building

pre·fabBrE /ˈpriːfæb/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpriːfæb/ 🔊 noun (informal) a prefabricated building 预制建筑◆prefabs built after the war战后修建的预制房屋