wigwam
英 ['w?gw?m]
美['w?ɡwɑm]
- n. [建] 棚屋;簡(jiǎn)陋小屋;總部;拱形頂
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?wigwams;
助記提示
1. 韋格王姆酒店(The Wigwam).
2. Wigwam Resort 維格沃姆度假村.
3. 維格沃姆(英文:wigwam或wickiup)是一種北美土著人部落使用的類(lèi)似于窩棚的住宅(主要是單人居住,也有大型者供十余人居?。诿绹?guó)西部稱(chēng)為wickiup,在東北部被稱(chēng)為wigwam。
中文詞源
wigwam (舊時(shí)印第安人住的)棚屋來(lái)自北美印第安土著語(yǔ)。
英文詞源
- wigwam (n.)
- 1620s, from Algonquian (probably Eastern Abenaki) wikewam "a dwelling," said to mean literally "their house;" also said to be found in such formations as wikiwam and Ojibwa wiigiwaam and Delaware wiquoam.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Out of the wigwam crawled the boy who'd shot the arrow.
- 茅草屋外,一個(gè)在匍匐而行的小男孩在射箭.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 2. Would the savage have been wise to exchange his wigwam for a palace on these terms?
- 野蠻人懂不懂得,在這樣的條件底下,用他的尖屋來(lái)?yè)Q得一座皇宮 呢 ?
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