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单词 Fuegian
释义 Fuegian, a. and n.|fuːˈiːdʒɪən, ˈfweɪdʒɪən|
[f. the name Tierra del Fuego, lit. ‘land of fire’ + -ian.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Tierra del Fuego, or its inhabitants.
B. n. One of a primitive people inhabiting this S. American archipelago.
1825J. Weddell Voy. towards S. Pole vi. 148 It was not long before the Fuegians arrived within hearing; and soon made themselves known by a singing noise.Ibid. 161 According to the Fuegian mode of salutation, they soon commenced shouting.1871C. M. Yonge Pioneers & Founders x. 273 The Fuegians are as degraded a people as any on the face of the earth.Ibid. 274 The poor little ship..drifting near the Fuegian coast.1890W. James Princ. Psychol. II. xix. 110 The Fuegians, in Darwin's voyage, wondered at the small boats,..but took the big ship as a ‘matter of course’.1900J. G. Frazer Golden Bough (ed. 2) I. i. 120 Fuegian wizards throw shells against the wind to make it drop.1918G. B. Shaw in W.E.A. Educ. Yearbk. 1918 22 A certificate classing you with a Fuegian or with Plato or Shakespear.1931Times Lit. Suppl. 5 Mar. 167/2 Tasmanian or Fuegian equivalents of eternity, omniscience and so on.1969Nature 6 Dec. 974/1 Once round the Horn, the three pathetic Fuegians who had spent a year or so in Britain..landed.
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