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单词 monoxyle
释义

monoxylen.

Brit. /məˈnɒksʌɪl/, /ˈmɒnə(ʊ)zʌɪl/, U.S. /məˈnɑksɪl/, /məˈnɑkˌsaɪl/
Forms: 1700s– monoxyle, 1800s monoxyl.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French monoxyle.
Etymology: < French monoxyle (1759; 1758 as monoxile ) < ancient Greek μονόξυλον monoxylon n.
Now rare.
A canoe or boat made from a single trunk or piece of timber; = monoxylon n.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > vessels of primitive construction > [noun] > canoe of indigenous peoples > dug-out
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1775 Ann. Reg. 1774 Misc. 169/2 To these succeeded trunks of trees cut hollow, termed by the Greeks monoxyles.
1840 T. Keightley Hist. Rom. Empire iii. v. 376 The Goths embarked their warriors in three thousand monoxyls or canoes.
1847 Sci. Amer. 6 Mar. 192/3 The next were planks joined together in the form of monoxyle.
1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. IV. ccci. 168 Here it [sc. ‘Kárib’] refers to the canoe..pop. ‘dug-out’ and classically ‘monoxyle’.
1977 Man New Ser. 12 500 It is not possible to learn overnight how to carve monoxyle canoes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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