mahout

n. 象夫

发音

UK /məˈhaʊt/
其它
UK /məˈhuːt/
US /məˈhaʊt/
US /məˈhut/
IN /məˈhaːʋət̪/

词形变化

mahouts 复数 mahouts mahouted mahouting mahouts 三单 mahouting 现在分词 mahouted 过去式 mahouted 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An elephant trainer, keeper, and driver.

    象夫

    象奴

v.
  1. 1.

    To drive (an elephant or elephants).

    及物
  2. 2.

    To drive elephants.

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

driver

词源

PIE word *méǵh₂s The noun is borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi महौत (mahaut)/Urdu مَہَوت (mahaut)), महाउत (mahāut), variants of महावत (mahāvat)/مَہاوَت (mahāvat), from Sanskrit महामात्र (mahāmātra, “elephant keeper; high official; king’s minister”), from महा (mahā, “great”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”)) + मात्र (mātra, “measure; quantity”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”)). The verb is derived from the noun.

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