英语词汇“turtle island”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Turtle Island n. (a) (in some interpretations of North American Indian folklore) a land from which the ancestors of some North American Indian peoples migrated (rare); (b) (in later use, esp. in political and environmental contexts) a North American Indian name for North America. [In sense (a), introduced by D. G. Brinton (see quot. 1885) as the translation of a putative Delaware phrase originally constructed by C.S. Rafinesque (compare his own English translation of the phrase ‘at Tula, at that island’ in American Nations (1836) 127). In sense (b) apparently by association of the continent with the primordial giant turtle on whose back the known world was created in Northern Iroquoian and Delaware cosmology.]

1885 D. G. Brinton Lenâpé & their Legends 179 Nanabush, the Strong White One, grandfather of beings, grandfather of men, was on the Turtle Island.

1924 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1923 75 381 I venture to suggest that these [symbols] stood for the ‘Turtle Island’, i.e., the known world.

1972 G. Snyder in N.Y. Times 13 July 35/4 North America, Turtle Island, taken by invaders.

1996 V. Bedassigae-Pheasant in C. E. James Perspectives Racism & Human Services Sector iii. 76 The European invasion of Turtle Island..launched powerful economic and social currents that created and ultimately shaped the contemporary situations of First Nations people.

2014 Star Phoenix (Saskatoon, Sask.) (Nexis) 25 July (Early ed.) a13 The [North American Indigenous] Games also bring together youth from all over Turtle Island for a week of competition and cultural activities.

单词	turtle island
释义	> as lemmas Turtle Island Turtle Island n. (a) (in some interpretations of North American Indian folklore) a land from which the ancestors of some North American Indian peoples migrated (rare); (b) (in later use, esp. in political and environmental contexts) a North American Indian name for North America. [In sense (a), introduced by D. G. Brinton (see quot. 1885) as the translation of a putative Delaware phrase originally constructed by C.S. Rafinesque (compare his own English translation of the phrase ‘at Tula, at that island’ in American Nations (1836) 127). In sense (b) apparently by association of the continent with the primordial giant turtle on whose back the known world was created in Northern Iroquoian and Delaware cosmology.] Π 1885 D. G. Brinton Lenâpé & their Legends 179 Nanabush, the Strong White One, grandfather of beings, grandfather of men, was on the Turtle Island. 1924 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1923 75 381 I venture to suggest that these [symbols] stood for the ‘Turtle Island’, i.e., the known world. 1972 G. Snyder in N.Y. Times 13 July 35/4 North America, Turtle Island, taken by invaders. 1996 V. Bedassigae-Pheasant in C. E. James Perspectives Racism & Human Services Sector iii. 76 The European invasion of Turtle Island..launched powerful economic and social currents that created and ultimately shaped the contemporary situations of First Nations people. 2014 Star Phoenix (Saskatoon, Sask.) (Nexis) 25 July (Early ed.) a13 The [North American Indigenous] Games also bring together youth from all over Turtle Island for a week of competition and cultural activities. extracted from turtlen.² < as lemmas
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