单词 | warishi |
释义 | warishin. In Guyana: a type of basket carried on the back and supported in place by a headband round the forehead. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > basket > [noun] > for carrying > carried on the back back-basket?c1225 creel1803 puttony1940 warishi1941 1941 V. Roth Notes & Observ. Animal Life Brit. Guiana 128 As soon as he saw the tapir he dropped his warishi and gave chase to the animal. 1958 J. Carew Black Midas vi. 102 Naked Amerindian families in single file, the men in front with wareshis harnessed to their foreheads and shoulders. 1997 P. Melville Ventriloquist's Tale (1998) ii. 154 The family walked away from him..with everything they owned packed in warishis on their backs. 2004 D. Craig Labba & Creek Water 65 Tina's warishi was much lighter now as there was no food to carry. She stuffed the hammocks into the warishi and carried her machete in one hand and her stick in the other. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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