| 单词 | potlatch |
| 释义 | potlatch (once / 42669 pages) n WORD FAMILY potlatch: potlatches USAGE EXAMPLESDockins, Potlatch High School student and also 18, wholeheartedly agrees. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) We debated schemes for fund-raising but reluctantly decided that they would violate the party’s potlatch character. The New Yorker(Jul 03, 2016) It decided to start a process to buy about 2,400 acres of timberland in northern Idaho from Potlatch. Washington Times(Apr 21, 2016) n a ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment) Hyper feast, fete, fiesta an elaborate party (often outdoors) ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, ceremony, observancea formal event performed on a special occasion |
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