请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 muskimoot
释义

muskimootn.

Brit. /ˈmʌskᵻmuːt/, U.S. /ˈməskəˌmut/, Canadian English /ˈmʌskəˌmuːt/
Forms: 1800s mashquemoute, 1800s muskemote, 1800s– muskimoot, 1900s– muskemoot, 1900s– muskymoot.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Ojibwa. Partly a borrowing from Plains Cree. Etymons: Ojibwa maškimot; Plains Cree maskimot
Etymology: < Ojibwa maškimot and its cognate Plains Cree maskimot bag.The Old Algonquin form of the etymon is recorded earlier in glossaries. Compare:1703 tr. L. de Lahontan New Voy. N.-Amer. II. 296 [English] Sack, [Old Algonquin] Maskimout.1791 J. Long Voy. Indian Interpreter 200 English bag Algonkin Maskimout Chippeway Muchcomat.
Canadian.
A bag of native north-eastern North American manufacture, woven from vegetable fibre or, sometimes, rawhide.
ΚΠ
1803 A. Henry Jrnl. 3 Oct. (1988) I. 147 His own private Baggage, Cassettes, Bags, Kettles, Mashquemoutes.
1869 H. S. Campbell White & Red 127 Mrs. Little Thunder, who came over with a muskemote, or bag of woven rushes, full of potatoes.
1896 F. Russell Explor. Far North 137 I heard them speculating as to the probability of the various muskimoots containing tea and tobacco.
1909 A. D. Cameron New North 314 The fancy bag in which you carry your calling cards and little friendly gifts up here is a ‘musky-moot’.
1913 Rep. Geogr. Board Canad. App. 55 Especially noteworthy are the muskemoots..made of babiche.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1803
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/2/24 2:31:49