n (1)承租人,房客,佃戶(hù)(person who rents a room,house,land,etc)[C]:collect the~'s rent monthly 每月收房客的租金;evict~s for non-payment of rent 驅(qū)逐未交房租的房客;Do you own your house or are you a~? 你住的是自己的房子還是租的房子?a~farmer 佃農(nóng);
(2)(法律上的)不動(dòng)產(chǎn)占有人或擁有人(occupant or inhabitant of any place)[C];
vt 租賃(hold or occupy as a tenant,dwell in)[T+n通常pass]:These houses are~ed by three families/mine workers/railway workers. 這些房子已經(jīng)被三戶(hù)人家/礦工們/鐵路工人租住了。
→′tenancy n 租賃(期);租用(房屋或土地);′tenantry n 佃戶(hù),承租人(總稱(chēng));′tenantable adj 可租賃的;′tenantless adj 無(wú)人租賃的