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单词 adobe
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
a•do•be /əˈdoʊbi/USA pronunciation   n., pl. -bes for 3.   
  1. [uncountable] sun-dried brick made of clay and straw.
  2. [uncountable] the clay used to make such bricks.
  3. Architecture[countable] a building made with adobe.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
a•do•be  (ə dōbē),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. sun-dried brick made of clay and straw, in common use in countries having little rainfall.
  2. a yellow silt or clay, deposited by rivers, used to make bricks.
  3. a building constructed of adobe.
  4. a dark, heavy soil, containing clay.
  • Egyptian Hieroglyphic ḏbt
  • Egyptian Demotic tb
  • Coptic to:o:be brick
  • Arabic al-ṭub the brick
  • Spanish
  • 1750–60; American;

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
adobe /əˈdəʊbɪ/ n
  1. a sun-dried brick used for building
  2. a building constructed of such bricks
  3. the clayey material from which such bricks are made
Etymology: 19th Century: from Spanish
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