powwow
powwow 英 ['paʊwaʊ] 美 ['paʊwaʊ]
n. 仪式；巫师；医师 vi. 商谈；举行祈祷仪式 vt. 用巫术医治
进行时:powwowing 过去式:powwowed 过去分词:powwowed 第三人称单数:powwows 名词复数:powwows
- 请先登录
- n. 仪式；巫师；医师
- vi. 商谈；举行祈祷仪式
- vt. 用巫术医治
-
1. Every September, there is a powwow in the park.
每年九月，公园内会举办一场祈祷仪式。
- powwow (n.) 1620s, "priest, sorcerer," from a southern New England Algonquian language (probably Narragansett) powwaw "shaman, medicine man, Indian priest," from a verb meaning "to use divination, to dream," from Proto-Algonquian *pawe:wa "he dreams, one who dreams." Meaning "magical ceremony among North American Indians" is recorded from 1660s. Sense of "council, conference, meeting" is first recorded 1812. Verb sense of "to confer, discuss" is attested from 1780.
- 请先登录
0 个回复