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单词 hawaiian
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Hawaiianadj.n.

Brit. /həˈwʌɪən/, U.S. /həˈwaɪ(j)ən/
Forms: Also Hawaian.
Etymology: < Hawaii + -an suffix.
A. adj.
Of or relating to the island of Hawaii, or to the whole group of the Hawaiian Islands in the North Pacific.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Pacific Islands > [adjective] > Hawaii
Hawaiian1825
1825 W. Ellis Jrnl. Tour Hawaii 205 The account given this evening of the Hawaiian hades.
1859 Sandwich Islands 1 cent postage stamp Interisland Hawaiian Postage. Uku Leta.
1877 T. H. Streets Contrib. Nat. Hist. Hawaiian Islands 8 The Fanning group, with the exception of the Hawaiian, were the only islands visited in the Pacific.
1914 R. Brooke in New Numbers Aug. 117 And new stars burn into the ancient skies, Over the murmurous soft Hawaian sea.
1921 Nature 20 Jan. 673/1 Some broad features of Hawaiian petrology.
1936 Discovery June 198/2 He is bold enough to believe that the Hawaiian native practitioners can handle elemental spirits ‘like tame animals’.
1970 Western Folklore 29 234 The slider occasionally covers several strings at once to produce different chords in the ‘Hawaiian’ style.
B. n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Hawaii.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > specific state > states
Marylander1640
Rhode Islander1665
Jerseyman1679
Pennsylvanian1685
Carolinian1705
Georgian1732
Marylandian1750
Jersey blue1758
Californian1762
Louisianian1775
Mississippian1775
Acadian1776
Vermonteer1778
Kentuckian1779
Vermontese1783
Indianian1784
Cohee1786
Kentuck1789
Virginian1797
Michiganian1813
Michigan1814
Tennessean1815
Ohioan1818
Illinoian1819
Ohian1819
Missourian1820
buckeye1823
Vermonter1825
Hoosier1826
red horse1833
sucker1833
wolverine1833
puke1834
corn-cracker1835
Texian1835
Alaskan1836
Texan1837
Michigander1838
Oregonian1838
Rackensack1839
Arkansian1844
badger1844
Bay Stater1845
Lone Star Stater1845
Oregonese1845
tar-boiler1845
weasel1845
web foot1845
Alabaman1846
Iowanc1848
Arkansan1851
Minnesotian1851
Washingtonian1852
Minnesotan1854
Nebraskan1854
Kansian1855
Utahan1855
Floridan1856
fly-up-the-creek1857
Dakotian1861
Coloradan1862
Coloradian1862
Texican1863
Coloradoan1864
tarheel1864
Cajun1868
Kansan1868
Montanian1869
Floridian1870
mudcat1872
New Jerseyan1872
Arkansawyer1874
longhorn1876
Mainer1879
New Jerseyite1885
prune picker1892
Hawaiian1893
Oklahoman1894
Tex1909
blue hen's chicken1921
Tejano1925
Geechee1926
Arkie1927
sooner1930
wyomingite1930
New Mexican1940
Okie1948
1893 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. I. 825/1 Hawaiian, a native..of Hawaii.
1929 C. H. Smith Bridge of Life ii. 29 White men, Chinese, Japanese, Hawaiians and many others slept in the common dormitory.
1957 P. Worsley Trumpet shall Sound i. 30 Sects..have also appeared amongst the..Hawaiians.
2. The language of Hawaii, belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian group.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Austric > [noun] > Austronesian > Polynesian > Hawaiian
kanaka1840
Hawaiian1864
1864 W. D. Alexander Short Synopsis Hawaiian Gram. 20 What would form a long sentence in English, in Hawaiian is generally broken up into several independent propositions.
1877 L. H. Morgan Anc. Society iii. ii. 404 These are terms in Hawaiian for grandparent.

Compounds

Hawaiian goose n. a rare bird, Branta sandvicensis, formerly called the Sandwich Island goose.
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [noun] > member of subfamily Anserinea (goose) > genus Branta > branta sandvicensis (Hawaiian goose)
nene1902
Hawaiian goose1915
1834 Proc. Zool. Soc. London 41 A specimen was exhibited of the young of the Sandwich Island Goose.]
1915 W. A. Bryan Nat. Hist. Hawaii xxv. 336 The nene or Hawaiian goose..is confined to the Island of Hawaii, where it leads a life of seclusion, high up on the mountainside.
1958 E. T. Gilliard Living Birds of World 80/2 One of the rarest is the néné or Hawaiian Goose (Branta sandvicensis) of which less than 70 wild birds are thought to survive.
1964 Listener 23 July 125/1 The Hawaiian goose..had it not been for special breeding studies..would have already become extinct.
1972 G. Durrell Catch me Colobus x. 219 The Hawaiian goose... This beautiful bird was almost extinct but, due to the sensible attitude of the Hawaiian authorities and the far-sightedness of Peter Scott, it has been saved from certain extinction.
Hawaiian guitar n. a type of guitar, usually held in a horizontal position, in which the pitch is obtained by placing a small metal bar on the strings and moving it up and down to produce glissando effects.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > guitar or lute type > [noun] > guitar > Hawaiian guitar
steel guitar1925
Hawaiian guitar1926
1926 H. O. Osgood So this is Jazz 97 Practice with it..will enable the trumpeters..to imitate the violin, Hawaiian steel guitar, oboe [etc.].
1928 Melody Maker Feb. 188/2 I was at first very surprised at the ‘Hawaiian guitar’ solos in some of the waltzes.
1935 L. MacNeice Poems 13 Jazz-weary of years of drums and Hawaian guitar.
1968 Blues Unlimited Nov. 20 He cannot play standard guitar, but plays a hawaiian guitar on a stand.
Hawaiian guitarist n.
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1959 ‘F. Newton’ Jazz Scene xii. 203 As he played, he pressed a knife on the strings of the guitar in a manner popularised by Hawaiian guitarists who used steel bars.
Hawaiian orchestra n. (see Hawaiian guitar n.)
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1955 L. Feather Encycl. Jazz vii. 79 The Decca company began to record him..in duets with pop singers, and even with Hawaiian orchestras.
Hawaiian shirt n. (also Hawaii shirt) a highly coloured and gaily patterned shirt.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > shirt > types of > other
bloody shirta1586
ruffle shirt1749
ruffled shirt1754
dicky1781
overshirt1805
camise1812
mill tog1821
boiled shirt1853
Crimean shirt1853
Crimea shirt1857
shirtwaist1859
shirt1867
polo shirt1887
zephyr1887
Ghost Shirt1890
Henley1890
negligée shirt1895
turtle-neck1897
rugby shirt1902
bush shirt1909
tunic shirt1918
safari shirt1921
button-down1924
thousand-miler1929
aloha shirt1936
buba1937
zoot shirt1942
Hawaiian shirt1955
sweater-shirt1964
beach shirt1966
kimono shirt1968
dashiki1969
1955 G. Greene Quiet Amer. ii. i. 90 I noticed that he was wearing a Hawaii shirt, even though it was comparatively restrained in colour and design.
1962 L. Deighton Ipcress File xviii. 114 Dalby had changed into a red Hawaiian shirt with large blue and yellow flowers across it.
1968 R. Clapperton No News on Monday xi. 129 He was wearing a red Hawaiian shirt, unbuttoned.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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