wampum

n. 贝壳念珠, <美俚>金钱

发音

UK /ˈwɒmpəm/
其它
US /ˈwɑmpəm/

词形变化

wampums 复数 wampums

别名

wompam

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Small cylindrical beads made from polished shells (especially white ones) which have been strung together, formerly used by Native American peoples of eastern North America for various purposes including as jewellery and money, and for record-keeping; (countable, archaic) one such bead.

    贝壳串珠

    不可数 可数
  2. 2.

    Money.

    俚语 不可数 可数
  3. 3.

    Ellipsis of wampum snake (“the common kingsnake or eastern kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula)”).

    可数 废旧 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 10

sugar bread scratch dough cabbage loot lettuce clams kale lolly

上位词 3

money beads string of beads

相关短语

wampum belt wampum belts wampum snake wampum snakes

词源

Clipping of wampumpeag (“wampum”), probably borrowed from Massachusett wampompeage (“string of white beads used as money”). Compare peag (“string of white beads used as money”), also a clipping of wampumpeag. Noun sense 3 (“common kingsnake”) is from the similarity of the snake’s appearance to a string of wampum. Cognates Penobscot wάpαpəyak (singular wάpαpi) Unami òpapiàk (singular òpapi)

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