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单词 mikimiki
释义

mikimikin.

Brit. /ˈmɪkɪmɪki/, U.S. /ˈmɪkiˌmɪki/, New Zealand English /ˈmikimiki/, /ˈmɪkɪmɪki/
Forms:

α. 1800s michimichi, 1800s– miki-miki, 1800s– mikimiki.

β. 1800s– mikimik, 1900s mic-a-mic, 1900s mick-a-mick, 1900s– mickeymick, 1900s– micky-mick, 1900s– mikkimik Brit. /ˈmɪkɪmɪk/, /ˈmɪkɪˌmɪk/, U.S. /ˈmɪkəˌmɪk/, New Zealand English /ˈmɪkəmɪk/, /ˈmɪkiˌmɪk/.

Origin: A borrowing from Maori. Etymons: Maori mikimiki, mingimingi.
Etymology: < Maori mikimiki, dialectal variant of mingimingi mingimingi n. Compare micky n., mingi n., and mingimingi n.
New Zealand.
1. = mingimingi n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > Australasian > evergreens
Pimelea1793
epacris1805
tauhinu1848
mikimiki1858
mingi1867
mingimingi1867
cottonwood1889
wallum1889
Geraldton wax1920
epacrid-
1858 J. T. Thomson Reconn. Surv. Southern Districts Otago in N. M. Taylor Early Travellers N.Z. (1959) 342 Thus, spear grass, and scrub called tomataguru, and michimichi grow on hard ground.
1890 Otago Witness (Dunedin, N.Z.) 30 Oct. 20 I know that the starlings feast on the native miki-miki berries while they are in season.
1939 J. H. Beattie First White Boy born Otago 12 The Maori boys would eat the blue mikimiki [sc. Cyathodes] but not the yellow mikimiki [prob. Coprosma], which they said was poisonous.
1970 J. H. P. McNeish Mackenzie 14 The smoke rose in spirals, carrying with it the..odours of the bush..mikimiki and liverwort and the woody fragrance of manuka.
1986 K. Hulme Windeater 167 It already has rats and shags and the mikkimik.
1989 B. Parkinson Travelling Naturalist around N.Z. 73 This coast gets the full blast of Wellington's famous winds, resulting in..ground-hugging plants typified by such rugged species as..mikimiki and tauhinu.
2. = mingimingi n. 2.
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1868 W. L. Lindsay Contrib. N.Z. Bot. 72 The ‘Mikimik’ or ‘Yellow Wood’ of the Otago settler. A tall shrub.
1885 Adelaide Observer 6 June 41, in S. Hill & J. Hill Richard Henry of Resolution Island (1987) 88 Maple trees, totara, miki miki..all entangled by a dense undergrowth of ferns and parasitic creepers.
1933 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) 25 Nov. 15/7 Scrub... The best known components in Canterbury are Manuka, Wild Irishman, Miki-miki (of which the shepherds make walking sticks), and Mountain pine.
1963 B. Pearson Coal Flat 421 Mickeymick: A compact twiggy scrub with small leaves of the genus Coprosma. (From Maori mingimingi.)
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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