a·do·be
noun/əˈdəʊbi/
/əˈdəʊbi/
[uncountable]- mud that is dried in the sun, mixed with straw and used as a building material
（建筑用）黏土；黏土坯 - adobe walls/houses/dwellings
土坯墙/房屋/住宅 - The floors were bare adobe and the walls painted blue.
地板是光秃秃的土坯，墙壁漆成蓝色。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryAdobe is used before these nouns:- brick
Word Originmid 18th cent.: from Spanish, from adobar ‘to plaster’, from Arabic aṭ-ṭūb, from al ‘the’ + ṭūb ‘bricks’. - adobe walls/houses/dwellings