| 单词 | 'dobe |
| 释义 | dobe, 'dobe U.S.|ˈdəʊbɪ|
Also dobbie, dobie, doby, etc.
Colloq. shortenings of adobe. Also attrib. and Comb.
1838M. Whitman Let. 12 Mar. in Overland to Pacific (1936) VI. 294, I had walled the cellar with dobies. Ibid. 30 Oct. 327 The erection of a Doby house. 1842J. Williams Tour to Oregon (1921) 84 Some of them build their houses with what they call ‘dobbeys’, made of mud, in the shape of brick. 1845J. Clyman Diary 12 July (1928) 168 A strong doba or mud walled fort. 1854Fort Benton Jrnl. 10 Oct. in Montana Hist. Soc. Contrib. (1940) X. 2 Men commenced Dobbie making. Ibid. 13 Oct. 3 Had Dobbie makers make up their mud into bricks. 1865[see adobe 1]. 1883E. W. Nye Baled Hay 135 The dobe pig pens..are not true to nature. 1885Outing (U.S.) VII. 52/1 Half sand and the other half ‘doby’-mud. 1891C. Roberts Adrift Amer. 86 These bricks..although they are spelt ‘adobes’, I always heard..spoken of as ‘dobies’. 1897Outing (U.S.) XXIX. 582/1 The afternoon monsoon..howls..as if it would tear the stubborn little 'dobe shanties off the earth. 1904‘O. Henry’ Cabbages & Kings iv. 73 Grass huts, 'dobes, five or six two-story houses. Ibid. vi. 104 A 'dobe house in a dirty side street. 1951Steinbeck Burning Bright i. 1 The close-cut barley stubble stood in bunches with the black 'dobe earth between. |
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