释义 |
quickhatch|ˈkwɪkhætʃ| Also 8 queeque-, 9 quicke-. [An adaptation of the Cree (Indian) name, given by Richardson as okeecoohagees or -gew, by Watkins (1865) as kwekwukao; from other Algonquin dialects come the forms carcajou and kinkajou.] The wolverine.
1743M. Catesby Nat. Hist. I. xxx, The quickhatch..has not been observed by any author, or known in Europe, till the year 1737, one was sent to Sir Hans Sloane. 1744A. Dobbs Countries Adjacent to Hudson's Bay 40 The beavers have three enemies, man, otters, and the carcajou or queequehatch. 1829J. Richardson Fauna Boreali-Americana I. 42 The European labourers in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company term it Quickehatch. |