| 释义 |
wiltja /ˈwɪltʃə /noun AustralianA traditional Aboriginal shelter made of branches and grass: in the early afternoon the hot wind continued to blow hard, and everybody napped in their wiltjas...- He spent 18 months living in the Central Desert with an Aboriginal tribe, where he studied the architecture of the traditional wiltja.
- My ash bower is a kind of folly, an Aboriginal wiltja that stands at the top of my long meadow in Suffolk.
- Large numbers camped in wiltja constructions in the vicinity of the Mission.
Origin 1950s: from Western Desert language wilja 'shelter, shade, or shadow'. |