council house
noun [ C ] UK uk/ˈkaʊn.səl ˌhaʊs/ us/ˈkaʊn.səl ˌhaʊs/
公租房，廉租房
a house that is owned by the local council and rented to people at a low rent
He was brought up in a council house in Croxteth, Liverpool, and still played football in the streets even after professional appearances for Everton. 他在利物浦的克罗克斯泰思地区的公屋里长大，就是成为埃佛顿俱乐部的职业球员后也仍然在街头踢球。
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- We lost our home - there was no way Mum could afford to go on living there - and had to move into a little council house.
- After the war, 60 council houses were built, and two small private estates.
- She defended the Tory policy of selling off council houses at prices advantageous to the tenants.
- Space was limited and we and the kids had to share one bedroom and keep praying for a council house of our own.