单词 | hawaiian |
释义 | Hawaiianadj.n. A. adj. Of or relating to the island of Hawaii, or to the whole group of the Hawaiian Islands in the North Pacific. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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.) ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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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