亚洲网紅露点

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teepee

or 迟别路辫别别, 迟颈路辫颈

[ tee-pee ]

noun

  1. a tent of the American Indians, made usually from animal skins laid on a conical frame of long poles and having an opening at the top for ventilation and a flap door.


teepee

/ 藞迟颈藧辫颈藧 /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of tepee
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of teepee1

An Americanism first recorded in 1735鈥45; from Dakota 迟拾铆辫颈, equivalent to 迟拾铆- 鈥渢o dwell鈥 + -pi plural indefinite abstract noun suffix
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Flanking a path, perhaps, a row of them forms 鈥渁 phalanx of vine-covered teepees.鈥

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The lavvu, a traditional S谩mi structure that resembles a teepee or a tent, is insulated with reindeer skins, and in the center, on a floor of twigs, a hearth.

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In one, adorable young children performing 鈥淭he Nine Days of Thanksgiving鈥 are made to list the many things, like 鈥渟ix Native teepees,鈥 that Indians 鈥済ave鈥 the Pilgrims.

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At the Dakota Access protest, Braun鈥檚 teepee was the first to go up at what became Oceti Sakowin camp at Standing Rock.

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Hides for clothing and teepees, bones for tools and weapons, horns for ladles, hair for rope 鈥 a steady supply of bison was fundamental.

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