| 单词 | pueblo |
| 释义 | pueblo (once / 4956 pages) n If your home is in a pueblo, you probably live in the southwestern part of the United States, in a community of adobe houses. This noun of Spanish origin refers to a structure and institution of Native American origin: a communal village consisting of contiguous, multistory flat-roofed houses. Spanish explorers of the American Southwest were the first to use the word pueblo. The ultimate root, populus, is Latin and is related to population and people. Today, the state of New Mexico is home to the greatest number of pueblos still in use. WORD FAMILYpueblo: pueblos USAGE EXAMPLES“The people of this pueblo never raised arms till now,” he said. Los Angeles Times(Dec 17, 2016) “Acapulco changed. It was a pueblo and now it’s become like Mexico City,” he says. The Guardian(Dec 13, 2016) I can’t think of a better way to celebrate the place, not far from the pueblo where L.A. was first christened. New York Times(Oct 16, 2016) n a communal village built by Native Americans in the southwestern United States Hyper hamlet, village a settlement smaller than a town Pueblo (once / 6335 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY Pueblo: Pueblos USAGE EXAMPLESAnd last spring, the Drug Enforcement Agency arrested six Cubans in an illicit growing operation in Pueblo County. Los Angeles Times(Dec 19, 2016) She was most proud when the Zuni Pueblo used her plan for a train station. Washington Times(Dec 03, 2016) Authorities said Friday there was no threat to workers or nearby communities from the Nov. 20 spill at the Pueblo Chemical Depot. Washington Times(Dec 02, 2016) 1 n a member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called `Pueblos' by the Spanish because they live in pueblos (villages built of adobe and rock) 2Hypo|Hyper Hopi a member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona Taosa member of the Pueblo people living in northern New Mexico Zunia member of the Pueblo people living in western New Mexico American Indian, Indian, Red Indian a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived n a city in Colorado to the south of Colorado Springs Exp city, metropolis, urban center a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts |
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