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wigwam

/wig-wom, -wawm/US // ˈwɪg wɒm, -wɔm //UK // (ˈwɪɡˌwæm) //

窝窝头,窝窝团,窝棚,假山

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an American Indian dwelling, usually of rounded or oval shape, formed of poles overlaid with bark, mats, or skins.Compare lodge, teepee.
    • : the Wigwam. Tammany Hall.

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Examples

  • From Dollywood to the Wigwam Village Motel, the country never looked so sweet as through the eyes of a pooch.

  • They led me to the largest wigwam of all; it contained fully eighty people.

  • He was allowed to live in Powhattan's wigwam, and, after a short time, was set completely free.

  • You shall no longer be a woman and live in a warm wigwam, with plenty of cakes to bake.

  • At this a sharp cry was heard, and a bird flew into the fireplace of the wigwam, and up the chimney.

  • White Fawn, their mother, was baking corn bread on the coals of the wigwam fire.