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单词 wiltja
释义

wiltja

/ˈwɪltʃə /
noun Australian
A 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'.

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