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单词 cheechako
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Definition of cheechako in English:

cheechako

nounPlural cheechakos tʃiːˈtʃɑːkəʊCHēˈCHäkō
North American informal
  • A person newly arrived in the mining districts of Alaska or north-western Canada.

    〈北美,非正式〉新到阿拉斯加矿区的人;新到加拿大西北矿区的人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • One party of cheechakos who inquired about the best places to find gold were instructed by old timers to go to the top of a distant hill and sink shafts.
    • While miners, sourdoughs and cheechakos stampeded the town, Frederick Arthur Kubon was born.
    • Casey was explaining that a sourdough was someone who'd spent the winter in the North, and Rick and Willow were still cheechakos.
    • A dramatic influx of eager cheechakos in the summer of 1898 created overnight, the largest city west of Winnipeg, Manitoba and north of Seattle, Washington.
    • For 25 years, sourdoughs, cheechakos, travelers, students and writers have trusted The Alaska Almanac to provide facts on many things Alaskan.
    • Here you walk the streets side by side with merchants, miners, Indians, Eskimos, pioneers and cheechakos.
    • ‘Go easy on him, Rob,’ Wiley said, reaching forward to pat Dexter's broad shoulder ‘He's a cheechako.’
    • But a few cheechakos went to investigate, and the word spread.
    • Deep in this wilderness, cheechakos are far away from computers, television, and video games.
    • With tens of thousands of cheechakos on the trail to the goldfields, accidents along the waterways of the North were inevitable.
    • Under the harsh exposure of winter, the population eroded each year as many cheechakos packed up and returned south.
    • Just as inhabitants of different regions of the country have dialects and language unique to them, Alaskans have a lexicon of their own that can be baffling to cheechakos.

Origin

Late 19th century: Chinook Jargon, 'newcomer'.

Definition of cheechako in US English:

cheechako

nounCHēˈCHäkō
North American informal
  • A person newly arrived in the mining districts of Alaska or northwestern Canada.

    〈北美,非正式〉新到阿拉斯加矿区的人;新到加拿大西北矿区的人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • With tens of thousands of cheechakos on the trail to the goldfields, accidents along the waterways of the North were inevitable.
    • Under the harsh exposure of winter, the population eroded each year as many cheechakos packed up and returned south.
    • Deep in this wilderness, cheechakos are far away from computers, television, and video games.
    • ‘Go easy on him, Rob,’ Wiley said, reaching forward to pat Dexter's broad shoulder ‘He's a cheechako.’
    • Casey was explaining that a sourdough was someone who'd spent the winter in the North, and Rick and Willow were still cheechakos.
    • For 25 years, sourdoughs, cheechakos, travelers, students and writers have trusted The Alaska Almanac to provide facts on many things Alaskan.
    • While miners, sourdoughs and cheechakos stampeded the town, Frederick Arthur Kubon was born.
    • One party of cheechakos who inquired about the best places to find gold were instructed by old timers to go to the top of a distant hill and sink shafts.
    • But a few cheechakos went to investigate, and the word spread.
    • A dramatic influx of eager cheechakos in the summer of 1898 created overnight, the largest city west of Winnipeg, Manitoba and north of Seattle, Washington.
    • Here you walk the streets side by side with merchants, miners, Indians, Eskimos, pioneers and cheechakos.
    • Just as inhabitants of different regions of the country have dialects and language unique to them, Alaskans have a lexicon of their own that can be baffling to cheechakos.

Origin

Late 19th century: Chinook Jargon, ‘newcomer’.

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