| 单词 | moluccan | 
| 释义 | Moluccann.adj. A. n.  1.  A native or inhabitant of the Molucca Islands. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Indonesia > 			[noun]		 > parts of Javan1606 Moluccan1613 Sumatran1613 Javanese1704 Minangkabaua1811 Madurese1817 Balinese1820 Sundanese1849 Maduran1853 1613    S. Purchas Pilgrimage  v. xvi. 452  				The Moluccians are better proportioned then other Indians. 1853    H. St. John Indian Archipelago I. iv. 86  				The Moluccans quickly discovered the character of the wanderers they had welcomed to their towns. 1974    Man Sept. 361  				It is important to remember that sago is a significant item in the diet of all Moluccans. 1985    Jrnl. Asian Stud. 44 530  				Two decades later Galvão observed that of all herbs the Moluccans made greatest use of the betel.  2.   a.  A variety of Malay spoken in the Molucca Islands. rare. ΚΠ 1903    N.E.D. at Lingo3  				Lingoa, Moluccan lenggoa.  b.  A proposed grouping of Austronesian languages spoken by inhabitants of the Molucca Islands. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Austric > 			[noun]		 > Austronesian > other Austronesian Moluccas1619 Formosan1704 Sunda1816 Melanesian1849 Sundanese1849 Lifu1852 Bajau1869 Ambonese1875 Acehnese1882 Kiriwinian1916 Tolai1962 Moluccan1977 1977    C. F. Voegelin  & F. M. Voegelin Classif. & Index World's Langs. 233  				An additional subgroup and an ‘ungrouped’ language were excluded from Moluccan in [Isidore] Dyen's main classification.  B. adj.   Of or relating to the Molucca Islands, their inhabitants, or their languages. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Indonesia > 			[adjective]		 > parts of Moluccan1700 Sumatran?1760 Balinese1820 Timorese1964 the mind > language > languages of the world > Austric > 			[adjective]		 > Austronesian > of Austronesian languages Formosan1650 Moluccan1700 Bugis1808 Tagalog1808 Murut1836 Indonesian1850 Lifu1852 Motuan1885 Buginese1897 Dusun1897 Pangasinan1904 Lifuan1917 Pilipino1936 Marshallese1945 Yami1953 Tolai1963 the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Malaysia and Indonesia > 			[adjective]		 > specific islands > relating to Molucca Islands Moluccan1926 1700    J. Dryden Flower & Leaf in  Fables 395  				The Trunk it self such Odours did bequeath, That a Moluccan Breeze to these was common Breath. 1768    tr.  W. C. Schouten Relation in  J. Callander Terra Australis II. 236  				The Spanish, Moluccan, and Javan tongues. 1853    H. St. John Indian Archipelago I. iv. 85  				A hospitality characteristic of the Moluccan race. 1909    A. Wright 20th Cent. Impressions Netherlands India 60/1  				A general movement against Dutch power, in which the Moluccan people were allied with the Kings of Macassar. 1926    Geogr. Jrnl. 48 346  				The Moluccan Arc..is of special interest from its resemblance to the Caribbean Arc, having a volcanic line bounding the basin within. 1977    C. F. Voegelin  & F. M. Voegelin Classif. & Index World's Langs. 232  				We list below all those languages which Dyen classified as unquestionably Moluccan. 1988    Christian Sci. Monitor 13 May 22/3  				It was a Moluccan blue-ringed octopus, whose bite can be deadly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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