- Quonset hut
[Quonset hut 词源字典]
- 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."[Quonset hut etymology, Quonset hut origin, 英语词源]