| 单词 | apache | 
| 释义 | Apache in British English (əˈpætʃɪ) noun 1. Word forms:  plural Apaches or Apache  a member of a Native American people, formerly nomadic and warlike, inhabiting the southwestern US and N Mexico 2.  the language of this people, belonging to the Athapascan group of the Na-Dene phylum Word originfrom Mexican Spanish, probably from Zuñi Apachu, literally: enemy apache in British English (əˈpɑːʃ, -ˈpæʃ,  French apaʃ) noun a Parisian gangster or ruffian Word originfrom French: Apache apache in American English (əpæʃ; əˈpɑʃ;  French aˈpaʃ)  nounWord forms: plural aˈpaches (əˈpæʃɪz; əˈpɑʃɪz;  French aˈpaʃ) 1.    a gangster or thug of Paris  adjective 2.    designating a dance, performed typically as an exhibition in cabarets, that represents an apache handling his girl in a brutal, masterful way Word originFr, lit., Apache: first used of Parisian thieves (1902) by Victor Moris, Fr journalist Apache in American English (əˈpætʃi) nounWord forms: plural Apaches, esp collectively Apache 1.  a member of an Athabaskan people of the southwestern U.S. 2.  any of the several Athabaskan languages of Arizona and the Rio Grande basin 3. Military  a two-man U.S. Army helicopter designed to attack enemy armor with rockets or a 30mm gun and equipped for use in bad weather and in darkness Word origin[1915–20; ‹ MexSp, perh. ‹ Zuni ɂa⋅paču Navajos, presumably applied formerly to the Apacheans (Navajos and Apaches) generally] Word lists withNorth American Languages, Native American tribes | 
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