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单词 wurley
释义

wurley

[ wur-lee ]
/ ˈwɜr li /

noun, plural wur·leys, wur·lies.Australian.

an Aboriginal person's shelter, made of branches and leaves.
a nest, especially a rat's nest.

Origin of wurley

First recorded in 1840–50; from Kaurna (an Australian Aboriginal language, now extinct, spoken at the present site of Adelaide), recorded as wa(d)li

Words nearby wurley

Wulfila, Wu-lu-mu-ch'i, wunderkind, Wundt, Wuppertal, wurley, Würm, wurst, Württemberg, wurtzilite, wurtzite
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Example sentences from the Web for wurley

  • They also used to assist me in making a wurley, or breakwind, whenever they shifted camp.

    A Source Book Of Australian History|Compiled by Gwendolen H. Swinburne

  • They also used to assist me in making a wurley or breakwind whenever they shifted camp.

    Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia|William John Wills

British Dictionary definitions for wurley

wurley

wurlie

/ (ˈwɜːlɪ) /

noun

Australian an Aboriginal hut

Word Origin for wurley

from a native Australian language
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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