wigwam
/ˈwɪɡwæm/ (bre, ipa) · [wˈɪɡwɑm] /ˈwɪɡwɑːm/ (ame, ipa) · [wˈɪɡwɑm] /ˈwig-ˌwäm How to pronounce wigwam (audio)/ (ame, mw)
wigwam — 名詞
- wigwamsingular
- wigwamsplural
1. a round home that some Indigenous peoples of North America built by bending a fr
棚屋
北美原住民傳統圓頂住所
a round home that some Indigenous peoples of North America built by bending a frame of thin tree trunks into a dome and covering it with bark, animal skins, or woven grass mats.
Sana walked inside a reconstructed wigwam at the cultural centre in Ontario.
Sana 在安大略省走進文化中心裡一座重建的棚屋參觀。
reconstructed + wigwam: museum or heritage context
The museum guide explained that a wigwam was built from saplings and covered with birch bark.
博物館導覽員解釋說，棚屋是用幼樹搭成，再蓋上樺樹皮。
The history teacher showed photos of Indigenous families building a wigwam strong enough for winter.
歷史老師展示照片，照片中原住民家庭正在建造足以過冬的棚屋。
Wren's grandfather described how his grandparents lived in a wigwam near Lake of the Woods.
Wren 的祖父講述自己的祖父母從前如何在伍茲湖附近住在棚屋裡。
Unlike a tepee, a wigwam has a rounded roof that holds heat in heavy snow.
和尖頂帳篷不同，棚屋有圓形的屋頂，下大雪時能保持室內溫暖。
用法筆記
Commonly confused with tepee, which is the cone-shaped tent used by Plains nations. This sense only names the dome-shaped dwelling specific to the eastern and Great Lakes regions of North America.
常見錯誤
2. a cone-shaped or dome-shaped structure made of sticks, canes, or bamboo that gar
瓜棚；支架
供攀緣植物生長的棒架
a cone-shaped or dome-shaped structure made of sticks, canes, or bamboo that gardeners put in the ground so that climbing plants such as beans, peas, or cucumbers can grow up and around it.
Lukas built a garden wigwam of bamboo sticks for the runner beans to climb.
Lukas 在花園裡用竹棍搭了一個瓜棚，讓四季豆攀爬。
collocation: a wigwam of [material] + for [plant] to climb
Constanza tied the tomato branches loosely to the wigwam frame so they grew toward the sun.
Constanza 把番茄枝條輕輕綁在支架上，讓它們朝著陽光生長。
The children arranged hazel branches into a wigwam shape for the sweet pea flowers.
孩子們把榛樹枝排成瓜棚的形狀，好讓香豌豆花攀附。
Jin's cucumber vines wrapped around the wigwam poles until green leaves covered every stick.
Jin 的小黃瓜藤蔓纏繞著支架，直到綠葉覆蓋了每一根木棍。
- trellis
a flat or arched frame for climbing plants, not cone-shaped like a wigwam
- teepee
also used for plant supports in gardening, interchangeable with wigwam in this sense
- cane frame
a general term for any structure of sticks used to support plants
用法筆記
Mainly a British gardening term. Gardeners use the word because the shape of the stick frame resembles a traditional wigwam dwelling.