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单词 aglu
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aglun.

Brit. /ˈaɡluː/, U.S. /ˈæɡlu/, Canadian English /ˈæɡluː/
Forms: 1800s– agloo, 1800s– aglu.
Origin: A borrowing from Western Canadian Inuit. Etymon: Western Canadian Inuit aglu.
Etymology: < Western Canadian Inuit aglu (pronounced /aɣlu/).
Canadian.
A breathing-hole in the ice, made by a seal. Cf. blowhole n. 4.
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1835 R. Huish Last Voy. Sir J. Ross Arctic Regions 701/1 Ag-loo, seal-hole.
1836 R. Huish Last Voy. Sir J. Ross Arctic Regions (rev. ed.) 303 While hunting he had found a polar bear with his head jammed into an aglu.
1882 W. H. Gilder Schwatka's Search 142 No work of any kind..can be done upon new skins until the ice has formed sufficiently thickly upon the salt water to permit the hunter to seek the seal at his agloo or blow-hole.
1959 W. A. Leising Arctic Wings 301 He does this by going from one hole, or aglu, to another, to keep the holes open as the ice freezes.
1970 Weekend Mag. (Toronto) 14 Feb. 6/3 Once the dogs found an agloo, the hunter searched for nearby breathing holes.
2001 J. Waterman Arctic Crossing ii. 117 The sleeping seal..comes alive and plops headfirst back into the aglu with a hollow-sounding koosh of icy brine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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