eskimo
美音:
[´eskə´məu
]英音:
[´eskə´məu
]n.爱斯基摩人 adj.爱斯基摩人的
难易程度:
eskimo为高中词汇
词形变化:
形容词:Eskimoan 名词复数:Eskimo
eskimo
/'eskɪməʊ; `ɛskə,mo/
(pl unchanged or ~s 复数或不变或作Eskimos / -mEUz; -moz/) (also Innuit, Inuit) n
1 [C] member of a people living in the Arctic regions of N America and E Siberia 爱斯基摩人
*[attrib 作定语] Eskimo art 爱斯基摩艺术.
2 [U] language of this people 爱斯基摩语.
eskimo
npluralEskimoorEskimos[C]old-fashioned[
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Danish;Origin: Eskimo and
French Esquimaux, from
Algonquian]
an
Inuit (=someone who belongs to a race of people living in the very cold northern areas of North America) . Many people now consider this word offensive.