| 释义 |
nitchie Canad.|ˈnɪtʃɪ|
Also neche, neechee, neejee, nichi, nichiwa, nidge, nitchee, nitchy.
[Algonquian.]
Originally (among North American Indians), a friend; hence as a (usu. derogatory) term for a North American Indian.
1791J. Long Voy. & Trav. Indian Trader 268 Neejee, or neecarnis, friend, or companion. 1838A. Jameson Winter Stud. & Summer Rambles Canada III. 83 Thus, one man addressing another says ‘nichi’ or ‘neejee’, my friend. 1850J. J. Bigsby Shoe & Canoe II. 161, I sallied forth, and found the Nidges loading the canoes, drest in their best. 1852C. P. Traill Canad. Crusoes vi. 180 While she called Louis, ‘Nee-chee’, or friend. 1857J. Palliser Jrnls. (1863) 52 Our Indian friend..to whom we had given the name Nichiwa, or friend. 1878C. Hallock Amer. Club List & Sportsman's Gloss. p. viii, Nitchee, a common word among Indian tribes signifying brother. 1903R. Cullum Devil's Keg xxii. 242 A neche was leisurely cleaning up round Lablache's store. 1910R. W. Service Ballads of Cheechako 118 Then came I to a land I knew no man had ever seen, a haggard land, forlornly spanned by mountains lank and lean; The nitchies said 'twas full of dread, of smoke and fiery breath. 1930J. Beames Army without Banners 131 Have to see if I can dig up a Nitchie an' trade whitefish for tobacco or something. 1947Beaver Mar. 4 ‘These confounded nitchies,’ he was wont to exclaim, ‘are lazy, good-for-nothings.’ 1956Saturday Night 8 Dec. 16/2 And since when have Americans or British freely discussed Clear Grits, Digby chickens, Socreds, the Land of Little Sticks, separate schools, nitchies, longlinermen? 1960in E. Fowke et al. Canada's Story in Song 127 They leave their homes on starving pay to take the nitchies' lives. 1973R. D. Symons Where Wagon Led i. viii. 132 ‘Quick, you fellows,’ he said, ‘them Nitchies are crawling up all around.’ |