chacmool

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发音

/ˈt͡ʃɑkˌmoʊl/

词形变化

chacmools 复数 chacmools chacmooles 复数

别名

chac-mool chac mool chacmol

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A stylized, pre-Columbian Mesoamerican stone sculpture depicting a reclining male figure with the head raised and turned to one side, holding a small tray over the stomach.

词源

Borrowed from Yucatec Maya chak moʼol (“jaguar”, literally “red paw”). The name was first given by Augustus Le Plongeon to a statue of this type discovered at Chichén Itzá in 1875.

来源：wiktionary