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单词 pirogue
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Definition of pirogue in English:

pirogue

noun pɪˈrəʊɡpiˈroʊɡ
  • A long, narrow canoe made from a single tree trunk, especially in Central America and the Caribbean.

    (尤指中美洲、加勒比海地区的)独木舟

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They also built European-style luggers and skiffs, and the pirogue, based on Indian dugout canoes.
    • And while elsewhere the Missouri has been dammed and reservoired into submission, here it flows beautifully beneath sandstone bluffs, not so different from the river that the Corps traveled in two pirogues and six dugout canoes.
    • Equipped with some chilled white wine and a few simple baguettes, we rented an inexpensive pirogue (outrigger canoe) and set off into the lagoon.
    • For the next three weeks the expedition carried their pirogues and canoes up steep slopes, over jagged ridges and around gullies and ravines.
    • We jokingly say that the interior of the Pearl is too wet to walk into, yet too shallow for a pirogue [canoe].

Origin

Early 17th century: from French, probably from Carib.

Rhymes

brogue, disembogue, drogue, pirog, prorogue, rogue, vogue

Definition of pirogue in US English:

pirogue

nounpēˈrōɡpiˈroʊɡ
  • A long, narrow canoe made from a single tree trunk, especially in Central America and the Caribbean.

    (尤指中美洲、加勒比海地区的)独木舟

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We jokingly say that the interior of the Pearl is too wet to walk into, yet too shallow for a pirogue [canoe].
    • For the next three weeks the expedition carried their pirogues and canoes up steep slopes, over jagged ridges and around gullies and ravines.
    • They also built European-style luggers and skiffs, and the pirogue, based on Indian dugout canoes.
    • Equipped with some chilled white wine and a few simple baguettes, we rented an inexpensive pirogue (outrigger canoe) and set off into the lagoon.
    • And while elsewhere the Missouri has been dammed and reservoired into submission, here it flows beautifully beneath sandstone bluffs, not so different from the river that the Corps traveled in two pirogues and six dugout canoes.

Origin

Early 17th century: from French, probably from Carib.

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