英语词汇“wigwam”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

A wigwam is a dome-shaped shelter, covered in bark or hides, built and used by Native Americans. It’s also a really fun word to say out loud.

One type of Native American shelter is the teepee. While a teepee has a pointy top, a wigwam is curved like a dome. A wigwam is made from barks or hides stretched over poles. Wigwam comes from the Algonquian word wikewam for "dwelling.” There are different kinds of wigwams — some are more suited for warm weather, and others are built for winter. Different tribes have different styles of wigwams, but it is consistently a useful shelter.

WORD FAMILY

wigwam: wigwams

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Then, last summer, we added a third person to our crowded wigwam when our daughter, Roxie, was born.

New York Times(May 19, 2016)

The initial discoveries were of projectile points and pottery up to 8,000 years old, and evidence of wigwams built centuries apart.

Washington Times(Nov 07, 2015)

Inside her wigwam I see that her deerskin pants we made last spring are missing, as well as the denim jacket she came here with.

Jean Craighead George, On the Far Side of the Mountain(1990)

n a Native American lodge frequently having an oval shape and covered with bark or hides

Hyper

indian lodge, lodge

any of various Native American dwellings

单词	wigwam
释义	wigwam (once / 1740 pages) n A wigwam is a dome-shaped shelter, covered in bark or hides, built and used by Native Americans. It’s also a really fun word to say out loud. One type of Native American shelter is the teepee. While a teepee has a pointy top, a wigwam is curved like a dome. A wigwam is made from barks or hides stretched over poles. Wigwam comes from the Algonquian word wikewam for "dwelling.” There are different kinds of wigwams — some are more suited for warm weather, and others are built for winter. Different tribes have different styles of wigwams, but it is consistently a useful shelter. WORD FAMILY wigwam: wigwams USAGE EXAMPLES Then, last summer, we added a third person to our crowded wigwam when our daughter, Roxie, was born. New York Times(May 19, 2016) The initial discoveries were of projectile points and pottery up to 8,000 years old, and evidence of wigwams built centuries apart. Washington Times(Nov 07, 2015) Inside her wigwam I see that her deerskin pants we made last spring are missing, as well as the denim jacket she came here with. Jean Craighead George, On the Far Side of the Mountain(1990) n a Native American lodge frequently having an oval shape and covered with bark or hides Hyper indian lodge, lodge any of various Native American dwellings
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