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单词 iglu
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ig•loo /ˈɪglu/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -loos. 
  1. Anthropologya dome-shaped Eskimo dwelling of blocks of hard snow.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ig•loo  (ig′lo̅o̅),USA pronunciation n., pl. -loos. 
  1. Anthropologyan Eskimo house, being a dome-shaped hut usually built of blocks of hard snow.
  2. Informal Termsany dome-shaped construction thought to resemble an igloo:immense silos topped with steel igloos.
  3. Militarya dome-shaped building for the storage of rockets or other munitions.
  4. an excavation made by a seal in the snow over its breathing hole in the ice.
Also, ig′lu. 
  • Inuit iglu house
  • 1855–60

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
igloo, iglu /ˈɪɡluː/ n ( pl -loos, -lus)
  1. a dome-shaped Inuit house, usually built of blocks of solid snow
  2. a hollow made by a seal in the snow over its breathing hole in the ice
Etymology: 19th Century: from Inuktitut igdlu house
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