| 释义 |
tzolkin|ˈtsɔːlkɪn, s-|
[Mayan.]
The cycle of two hundred and sixty days constituting the sacred calendar of the Maya.
1931Gann & Thompson Hist. Maya viii. 208 After giving the position of a day in their sacred calendar or Tzolkin, as it was probably called, they proceeded to give the position in their 365-day year. 1948A. L. Kroeber Anthropol. (rev. ed.) 549 The 260-day tzolkin..had heavy religious and astrological import. 1977G. Clark World Prehistory (ed. 3) viii. 374 The Maya maintained two distinct counts. For religious purposes they used a sacred year (tzolkin) made up of thirteen twenty-day units. |