单词 | adobe |
释义 | adobe /euh doh"bee/, n. 1. sun-dried brick made of clay and straw, in common use in countries having little rainfall. 2. a yellow silt or clay, deposited by rivers, used to make bricks. 3. a building constructed of adobe. 4. a dark, heavy soil, containing clay. [1750-60; Amer.; < Sp < Ar al-tub the brick < Coptic to:o:be brick < Egyptian Demotic tb < Egyptian Hieroglyphic dbt] |
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