单词 | webb |
释义 | † webbn. Obsolete. rare. Among Massachusett North American Indians: a wife; a woman. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > wife > native North American webb1672 1672 J. Josselyn New-Englands Rarities 62 One Christopher Luxe..was healed again by an Indian Webb, or Wife, (for so they call those Women that have Husbands). 1676 I. Mather Hist. War with Indians 28 A party of English came in a Warlike posture upon some of their Webbs (as they call them) i.e. Women as they were gathering corn. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1672 |
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。