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单词 igloo
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igloon.

Brit. /ˈɪɡluː/, U.S. /ˈɪɡlu/
Etymology: < Inuit, = house.
1. A dome-shaped Eskimo dwelling, typically built of blocks of compacted snow.See note at Eskimo n. 1.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > hut or hovel > [noun] > made of ice or snow
ice house1788
snow-house1827
igloo1856
1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 71 The Groen~landers speak fast,..Iglun, a House.]
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxix. 380 The hut or igloë [of Smith Sound Eskimos]..was a single rude elliptical apartment, built not unskillfully of stone, the outside lined with sods.
1864 C. F. Hall Life with Esquimaux (1865) xi. 170 [They] commenced sawing out snow-blocks, while I carried them to a suitable spot for erecting the igloo.
1878 G. S. Nares Narr. Voy. Polar Sea I. iii. 53 The settlement of Etah..consisted of three stone igloos, and one hut roofed over with canvas.
2. A dome-shaped excavation made by a seal in the snow over its breathing hole.
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1864 C. F. Hall Life with Esquimaux II. xv. 242 I had a good opportunity for inspecting a seal's igloo. It was a model of those which the Innuits make for themselves.
1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Igloo... The excavation which a seal makes in the snow over its breathing-hole, for the protection of its young.
3. In extended use. Any small dome-shaped building or construction.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > building of specific shape > [noun]
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tholosc1660
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octagon1767
round tower1790
cone1791
flat-iron1862
tetragon1884
tempietto1896
tetrapylon1904
igloo1956
shoebox1968
1956 W. A. Heflin U.S. Air Force Dict. 262/2 Igloo,..a dome-shaped or rounded structure, usually made of reinforced concrete and earth, normally used for storage of explosives.
1970 Observer 19 Apr. 6/8 The nerve gas is to be stored in 100 concrete igloos.
1970 New Scientist 21 May 382/2 The main advantage is that the igloos, unlike most other emergency shelters, can be made on the site.
1972 Evening Telegram (St. John's, Newfoundland) 28 June 12/7 Igloos are spun-glass shells shaped to fit the bellies of jet-liners or the fuselages of all-cargo DC-8s.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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