| 释义 |
‖ tembe|ˈtɛmbeɪ|
[Swahili.]
In East Africa, a rectangular house with mud walls and a flat roof.
1887W. H. G. Kingston Trav. Dr. Livingstone vii. 135 Sheikh Said Ben Salim invited him [sc. Stanley] to take up his quarters in his tembe, or house, a comfortable looking place for the Centre of Africa. 1896B. K. Gregory Story of David Livingstone xiii. 121 Then the two brave men retired into the doctor's tembe, and conversation began, but Stanley could not recollect what it was all about. 1947E. African Ann. 1946–7 93/2 David Livingstone lived for some time in a tembe house on the outskirts of Tabora and the house is preserved as a memorial to his name. 1955Times 25 July 5/1 A replica of the tembe (hut) occupied by Livingstone and Stanley, erected near Tabora some years ago and badly damaged by fire recently, is to be rebuilt this year. 1978J. Updike Coup (1979) iii. 111 The space between the square earth houses, the tembes, widens. |