wigwam

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wig·wam /ˈwɪɡwæm $ -wɑːm/ noun [countable]  TBDLOa structure with a round or pointed roof used as a home by some Native American tribes in the past 〔过去北美印第安人居住的圆顶或尖顶的〕棚屋 → tepee

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wigwam• Tomatoes leaned on stakes, runner beans twined round a wigwam of canes and rambling roses rambled over their appointed places.• Philip watched as the wigwam boy kicked a football at the snowman.• Out of the wigwam crawled the boy who d shot the arrow.• A boy looked out of a toy wigwam and fired an arrow with a rubber end at the car.• Outside the nucleus, parts of the cytoplasmic skeleton form themselves into two conical structures, like the frames of two wigwams.• These two wigwams lie with their wide ends together.Origin wigwam (1600-1700) Abnaki and Massachusett wikwam

wig·wam nounChineseSyllable  

Corpus pointed as used roof a structure round or a with

wigwam
wig‧wam /ˈwɪɡwæm $ -wɑːm/ noun [countable]a structure with a round or pointed roof used as a home by some Native American tribes in the past ⇨ tepee

wig·wamBrE /ˈwɪɡwæm/ 🔊NAmE /ˈwɪɡwɑːm/ 🔊 nouna type of tent, shaped like a dome or cone , used by Native Americans in the past （旧时印第安人使用的圆顶或锥形的）棚屋  ➡  see also tepee