单词 | ajoupa |
释义 | ajoupan. In the Caribbean: a wooden-framed hut or shelter with a thatched roof and (sometimes) open sides. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > hut or hovel > [noun] > types of lonquhardc1480 hothouse1643 ajoupa1666 penthouse1683 pandal?1692 bark-hut1744 log-tent1748 log cabin1770 bush-hut1775 log-hut1778 yurt1780 isba1784 beach hut1806 whare1807 bough-house1811 pondok1815 grass hut1818 hartebeest house1818 leaf hut1818 gunyah1820 grass house1823 slab-and-bark hut1826 slab-and-shingle hut1826 slab whare1826 rondavel1829 bush-house1835 skerm1835 jacal1838 toldo1839 log-shanty1847 wurley1847 maloca1853 palm hut1853 whare1853 hutmenta1857 bush-shanty1857 benab1860 pondokkie1862 bothan1863 lanaia1869 hogan1872 tenta1873 beehive-hut1884 leaf shelter1886 Oklahoma1889 goondie1890 cabana1898 troolie hut1899 tukul1901 fale1902 banda1908 kya1909 hut1913 obi1913 Nissen hut1917 Nissen1919 basha1921 tourist cabin1928 bunkie1935 wanigan1937 Quonset hut1942 chickee1943 iron lung1943 Quonset1943 1666 J. Davies tr. C. de Rochefort Hist. Caribby-Islands ii. xx. 320 They [sc. the Caribs] make up their lodging-place under some Tree with Balisier and Latanier-leaves, which they fasten together on poles or reeds, sustain'd by forks planted in the ground, which serve for a foundation to this little structure, and to hang their beds on: These lodgings thus made in haste they call Aioupa [Fr. Aioupa]. 1698 tr. R. de Lussan Jrnl. Voy. into South Sea ii. 20 They generally erect their Ajoupas [Fr. Ajoupas] or Barracks upon a River-side. 1760 T. Jefferys Nat. & Civil Hist. French Dominions N. & S. Amer. II. 23 Some huts, which they [sc. the Buccaneers of St Domingo] called Ajoupas [Fr. Aioupas], a word they borrowed from the Spaniards, and the Spaniards from the Haitians. 1838 E. L. Joseph Warner Arundell I. x. 189 We encamped under an ajoupa, or hut of palm-leaves, erected by ourselves. 1871 C. Kingsley At Last I. viii. 298 A tribe of Chaymas built their palm-leaf ajoupas upon the very spot where the lake now lies. 1955 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 13 Aug. 9/6 A man and his nephew were shot last night while they slept in an ajoupa (an East Indian thatched house). 1979 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 5 Jan. b7/3 The leaders and their wives began their informal sessions at dinner tonight under an ajoupa, with a straw roof. 1996 S. Mootoo Cereus blooms at Night i. 93 The whitewashed ajoupa where he and his mother lived. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1666 |
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