单词 | tiki |
释义 | ti·ki (tēkē) n. pl. ti·kis 1. Tiki Mythology A male figure in Polynesian myth, sometimes identified as the first man. 2. A wooden or stone image of a Polynesian god. 3. A Maori figurine representing an ancestor, often intricately carved from greenstone and worn about the neck as a talisman. adj. Of or relating to a simulated or stereotyped representation of Polynesian culture characterized by bamboo, palm fronds, tiki figures, and tropical or exotic themes: a tiki bar; tiki drinks. [Maori tiki, Tiki, tiki; akin to Marquesan Tiki, image, statue, tiki, and Tahitian ti'i and Hawaiian ki'i, image, statue.] |
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