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单词 quipu
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Definition of quipu in English:

quipu

noun ˈkwɪːpuːˈkiːpuːˈkēpo͞o
  • An ancient Inca device for recording information, consisting of variously coloured threads knotted in different ways.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I wonder whether there might be lessons in the Incan calendar and quipus.
    • Remember that the Incas had no written records and so the quipu played a major role in the administration of the Inca empire since it allowed numerical information to be kept.
    • We now know the quipu for just what it was in prehistoric times… simply an instrument for recording numbers.
    • These runners carried oral messages, small packages, or quipus (Incan counting devices made from strings with a series of knots in them) from village to village and from the capital to all parts of the empire.
    • The Inca, who had no written language, used the quipu - a device made of a series of strings with colored knots - to record census findings and tallies of animal herds and other resources.
    • The quipus of the ancient Incas of Peru encoded a wide range of data about people, land, and crops for the government bureaucracy.

Origin

From Quechua khipu 'knot'.

 
 

Definition of quipu in US English:

quipu

nounˈkēpo͞o
  • An ancient Inca device for recording information, consisting of variously colored threads knotted in different ways.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Inca, who had no written language, used the quipu - a device made of a series of strings with colored knots - to record census findings and tallies of animal herds and other resources.
    • I wonder whether there might be lessons in the Incan calendar and quipus.
    • We now know the quipu for just what it was in prehistoric times… simply an instrument for recording numbers.
    • Remember that the Incas had no written records and so the quipu played a major role in the administration of the Inca empire since it allowed numerical information to be kept.
    • The quipus of the ancient Incas of Peru encoded a wide range of data about people, land, and crops for the government bureaucracy.
    • These runners carried oral messages, small packages, or quipus (Incan counting devices made from strings with a series of knots in them) from village to village and from the capital to all parts of the empire.

Origin

From Quechua khipu ‘knot’.

 
 
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