wigwam

FREQ #49445

n. 活动棚屋, 简陋小屋

发音

其它 /ˈwɪɡwɑːm/

词形变化

wigwams 复数 wigwams wigwammed wigwamming wigwams 三单 wigwamming 现在分词 wigwammed 过去式 wigwammed 过去分词

别名

weekwam

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A dwelling having an arched framework overlaid with bark, hides, or mats, used by Native Americans in the northeastern United States.

    维格沃姆

  2. 2.

    Any more or less similar dwelling used by indigenous people in other parts of the world.

    过时

    The Fuegian wigwam resembles, in size and dimensions, a haycock. It merely consists of a few broken branches stuck in the ground, and very imperfectly thatched on one side with a few tufts of grass and rushes.

v.
  1. 1.

    To dry (flax or straw) by standing it outside in the shape of a wigwam.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

lodge

相关短语

wigwam for a goose's bridle wigwam burner

词源

Borrowed from Abenaki wigwôm (“house”) or Penobscot wigwom (“house”), from Proto-Algonquian *wi·kiwa·ʔmi (“house”). Doublet of wickiup.

来源：wiktionary