Quonset hut的词源

英文词源

Quonset hut

1942, from Quonset Point Naval Air Station, Rhode Island, where this type of structure was first built, 1941. The place name is from a southern New England Algonquian language and perhaps means "small, long place."

中文词源

Quonset hut：尼森式铁皮屋

来自地名Quonset Point Naval Air Station,美国驻罗德岛军事基地。因首次于该地建造而得名。

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