Definition of longhouse in English:

longhouse

noun ˈlɒŋhaʊsˈlôNGˌhous

1historical The traditional dwelling of the Iroquois and other North American Indians.
Example sentencesExamples
- In the grounds behind the museum there are two longhouses in Haida tribal style, as well as ten more totem poles.
- The Haida's reputation isn't well known south of the border, but their canoes, longhouses, and cedar totem poles represent a high point in North American art.
- Next door is a towering log, stone and glass masterpiece modeled after a Native American longhouse that may be the most dramatic place you've ever taken a yoga class.
- They danced inside and underneath the enormous longhouses, concluding the celebrations with the consumption of large amounts of prepared foods, including sago and yams.
- The Iroquois traditionally lived in longhouses, impressively striking in appearance.
2A large communal village house in parts of Malaysia and Indonesia.
Example sentencesExamples
- Families were encouraged to leave the longhouses and live separately on small farms so the men could work in their fields without being embarrassed by being seen doing women's work.
- According to William M. Fenton, a longhouse typically held from six to ten nuclear families, each of about five or six persons, and two families shared every fire.
- He's in charge of putting up this longhouse for the group to move into.
- One late middle-aged man, an active farmer, was a regular smoker of local cigars (which he smoked both at the longhouse and at the distant rice farms).
- Using Casselberry's formula, this indicates an increase from a population of 15 to 61 persons within a single longhouse.
- By AD 1500, settlements were large, pallisaded villages with longhouses and garden plots capable of supporting up to 250-300 people.

Definition of longhouse in US English:

longhouse

nounˈlôNGˌhous

historical

1The traditional dwelling of the Iroquois and other North American Indians.
Example sentencesExamples
- They danced inside and underneath the enormous longhouses, concluding the celebrations with the consumption of large amounts of prepared foods, including sago and yams.
- The Iroquois traditionally lived in longhouses, impressively striking in appearance.
- The Haida's reputation isn't well known south of the border, but their canoes, longhouses, and cedar totem poles represent a high point in North American art.
- In the grounds behind the museum there are two longhouses in Haida tribal style, as well as ten more totem poles.
- Next door is a towering log, stone and glass masterpiece modeled after a Native American longhouse that may be the most dramatic place you've ever taken a yoga class.
1. 1.1 A large communal village house in parts of Malaysia and Indonesia.
  Example sentencesExamples
  He's in charge of putting up this longhouse for the group to move into.
  By AD 1500, settlements were large, pallisaded villages with longhouses and garden plots capable of supporting up to 250-300 people.
  According to William M. Fenton, a longhouse typically held from six to ten nuclear families, each of about five or six persons, and two families shared every fire.
  Families were encouraged to leave the longhouses and live separately on small farms so the men could work in their fields without being embarrassed by being seen doing women's work.
  One late middle-aged man, an active farmer, was a regular smoker of local cigars (which he smoked both at the longhouse and at the distant rice farms).
  Using Casselberry's formula, this indicates an increase from a population of 15 to 61 persons within a single longhouse.

单词	longhouse
释义	Definition of longhouse in English: longhouse noun ˈlɒŋhaʊsˈlôNGˌhous 1historical The traditional dwelling of the Iroquois and other North American Indians. Example sentencesExamples In the grounds behind the museum there are two longhouses in Haida tribal style, as well as ten more totem poles. The Haida's reputation isn't well known south of the border, but their canoes, longhouses, and cedar totem poles represent a high point in North American art. Next door is a towering log, stone and glass masterpiece modeled after a Native American longhouse that may be the most dramatic place you've ever taken a yoga class. They danced inside and underneath the enormous longhouses, concluding the celebrations with the consumption of large amounts of prepared foods, including sago and yams. The Iroquois traditionally lived in longhouses, impressively striking in appearance. 2A large communal village house in parts of Malaysia and Indonesia. Example sentencesExamples Families were encouraged to leave the longhouses and live separately on small farms so the men could work in their fields without being embarrassed by being seen doing women's work. According to William M. Fenton, a longhouse typically held from six to ten nuclear families, each of about five or six persons, and two families shared every fire. He's in charge of putting up this longhouse for the group to move into. One late middle-aged man, an active farmer, was a regular smoker of local cigars (which he smoked both at the longhouse and at the distant rice farms). Using Casselberry's formula, this indicates an increase from a population of 15 to 61 persons within a single longhouse. By AD 1500, settlements were large, pallisaded villages with longhouses and garden plots capable of supporting up to 250-300 people. Definition of longhouse in US English: longhouse nounˈlôNGˌhous historical 1The traditional dwelling of the Iroquois and other North American Indians. Example sentencesExamples They danced inside and underneath the enormous longhouses, concluding the celebrations with the consumption of large amounts of prepared foods, including sago and yams. The Iroquois traditionally lived in longhouses, impressively striking in appearance. The Haida's reputation isn't well known south of the border, but their canoes, longhouses, and cedar totem poles represent a high point in North American art. In the grounds behind the museum there are two longhouses in Haida tribal style, as well as ten more totem poles. Next door is a towering log, stone and glass masterpiece modeled after a Native American longhouse that may be the most dramatic place you've ever taken a yoga class. 1.1 A large communal village house in parts of Malaysia and Indonesia. Example sentencesExamples He's in charge of putting up this longhouse for the group to move into. By AD 1500, settlements were large, pallisaded villages with longhouses and garden plots capable of supporting up to 250-300 people. According to William M. Fenton, a longhouse typically held from six to ten nuclear families, each of about five or six persons, and two families shared every fire. Families were encouraged to leave the longhouses and live separately on small farms so the men could work in their fields without being embarrassed by being seen doing women's work. One late middle-aged man, an active farmer, was a regular smoker of local cigars (which he smoked both at the longhouse and at the distant rice farms). Using Casselberry's formula, this indicates an increase from a population of 15 to 61 persons within a single longhouse.
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