| 释义 |
Tuareg, n. and a.|ˈtwɑːrɛg|
Also 9 Tawarek, Tuari(c)k.
[Native name.]
A. n. (A member of) a nomadic people of the western and central Sahara. Also, the Berber language of this people.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to this people or their language.
1821G. F. Lyon Narr. Trav. N. Afr. iii. 112 The nearest Tuarick to Fezzan are at Ghraat. 1826Denham & Clapperton Narr. Trav. & Disc. N. & Central Afr. p. l, The greater number of Tuaricks follow the nomadic life. Ibid. p. lxv, They..laughed heartily at our blundering out a few Tuarick words. Ibid. 83 He was dressed in a light blue cotton tobe, with a white muslin turban, the shawl of which he wore over the nose and mouth, in the Tuarick fashion. Ibid. App. 160 Under the government of the Tawarék. 1882[see Kabyle]. 1933L. Bloomfield Language iv. 67 The Berber branch of Semitic-Hamitic..is represented today by various languages, such as Tuareg and Kabyle. 1955Sci. News Let. 4 June 3 Called the ‘People of the Veil’, the Tuaregs are a nomadic people who live in the central part of the Sahara desert. 1973Times 19 Mar. 6/3 The tracks..did lead to some Tuareg nomads, and to water. 1977Time 3 Oct. 2/2 The peregrinations of the Tuareg in Niger, Mali and Upper Volta and the nomadic Masai in Kenya and Tanzania frighten their respective governments. |