An igloo is a house built from blocks of hard snow or ice, packed so they make a round, low shelter. The famous picture is a dome on the snow, with a small tunnel for a door.

An igloo冰屋 is是 a house built from blocks of hard snow or ice一種用硬雪或冰塊蓋成的房子， packed so they make a round, low shelter堆疊成一個又圓又低矮的遮蔽所。The famous picture大家熟悉的畫面 is是 a dome on the snow雪地上的一個圓頂， with a small tunnel for a door旁邊有一條小隧道當作門。

Inuit peoples of the Arctic built them as winter shelters, often for hunting trips, not always as a forever home.

Inuit peoples of the Arctic北極的因紐特人 built them as winter shelters把冰屋蓋來當冬天的遮蔽所， often for hunting trips常常是用在打獵旅程中， not always as a forever home並不總是長久的家。

Though actually, in the language the word comes from, it just meant house — any house, not only a snow one. English borrowed it and narrowed it to the snow-block building.

Though actually不過其實， in the language the word comes from在這個字原本的語言裡， it它 just meant house本來就只是指「房子」 — any house隨便什麼房子， not only a snow one不只是雪蓋的房子。English英文 borrowed it把這個字借了過來 and narrowed it to the snow-block building並把意思縮小成雪塊蓋的建築。

You will meet the word in school books, cartoons, and travel films. It is a real working shelter, not an ice castle from a fairy tale, though children sometimes play at making an igloo from sofa cushions.

You你 will meet the word會在 school books學校課本、 cartoons卡通、 and travel films和旅遊影片裡遇到這個字。It它 is是 a real working shelter一個真正能用的遮蔽所， not an ice castle from a fairy tale不是童話裡的冰宮殿， though actually不過 children sometimes play at making an igloo from sofa cushions小孩有時候會拿沙發抱枕玩「蓋冰屋」的遊戲。