| 释义 |
tacouba|təˈkuːbə|
Also tacooba, tacuba.
[Origin unknown, perh. an Arawakan word.]
In Guyana, a tree which has fallen across a river forming a bridge or obstruction. Also fig.
1934E. Waugh 92 Days ii. 55 In the wet season..you had to crawl across a tacuba leading a swimming horse. 1951E. A. Mittelholzer Shadows move among Them ii. iv. 196 ‘What's a tacooba?’ ‘Indian word. Means a fallen tree or any sort of obstruction in a river or creek that constitutes a menace to navigation.’ 1959P. Capon Amongst those Missing 124 He had expected rapids every few miles, numerous tacoubas and a cataract or two. 1965‘Lauchmonen’ Old Thom's Harvest v. 58 He was a squat negro, a stumpy little piece of a man, a knotty old tacuba tree-stump. 1974H. MacInnes Climb to Lost World vi. 73 The walking itself wasn't difficult, but there were plenty of streams to cross, some of them bridged by slippery tacoubas, or tree jams. |