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单词 Cherokee
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Definition of Cherokee in English:

Cherokee

nounPlural Cherokeesˌtʃɛrəˈkiːˈtʃɛrəki
  • 1A member of a North American people originally of the south-eastern US, now living on reservations in Oklahoma and North Carolina.

    切罗基人(美国一印第安部落成员,原居住在美国南部大部分地区,现居于俄克拉何马州及北卡罗来纳州的保留区)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Many Indians died when the United States army took the Cherokees to Oklahoma.
    • About one-quarter of the kids were Cherokees residing on a federal reservation.
    • The offspring of unions between Cherokees became members of their mother's clan.
    • North Carolina forced the Cherokees out onto the Trail of Tears in the 1830s.
    • Before European contact, the Cherokees practiced a gender-specific division of labor: women farmed and men hunted.
  • 2mass noun The Iroquoian language of the Cherokee, which has had its own script since 1820 and has about 11,000 speakers.

    切罗基语(属易洛魁语,1820年起有自己的文字,使用者约11, 000人)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • So I asked my friend in the dormitory about some sweet words in Cherokee.
    • The Cherokees recorded their laws and constitution and translated the Bible and numerous other works into Cherokee.
    • So we were a literate people, therefore most of our mythology has been codified and has been written down, either in Cherokee or in Cherokee and then translated to English.
    • It is used in the Indian churches and at the stomp grounds, and many children still grow up with Cherokee as their first language, learning English when they go to school.
    • In the 1820's the most impressive cultural change was made as an actual written language derived from the Cherokee spoken word was created.
adjectiveˌtʃɛrəˈkiːˈtʃɛrəki
  • Relating to the Cherokee or their language.

    (与)切罗基人(有关)的;(与)切罗基语(有关)的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • What I expect from this trip isn't much more than a few kitschy T-shirts, a cowboy hat, and perhaps a pair of authentic Cherokee moccasins.
    • A Cherokee grandmother recited Crazy Horse's prophecy about these very times, as the Old Age closes.
    • I am an 80-year-old Cherokee Indian, and what the white man has done to this country is unbelievable.
    • For the first time since the race began, the colonel took down his glass and angrily addressed the Cherokee chief in his Indian language.
    • The nation was overrun by refugees from the Creek and Cherokee nations, however, which were occupied by troops.

Origin

From obsolete Cherokee tsaraki, earlier form of tsaliki.

Definition of Cherokee in US English:

Cherokee

nounˈCHerəkēˈtʃɛrəki
  • 1A member of a North American people originally of the southeastern US, now living on reservations in Oklahoma and North Carolina.

    切罗基人(美国一印第安部落成员,原居住在美国南部大部分地区,现居于俄克拉何马州及北卡罗来纳州的保留区)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Many Indians died when the United States army took the Cherokees to Oklahoma.
    • Before European contact, the Cherokees practiced a gender-specific division of labor: women farmed and men hunted.
    • About one-quarter of the kids were Cherokees residing on a federal reservation.
    • North Carolina forced the Cherokees out onto the Trail of Tears in the 1830s.
    • The offspring of unions between Cherokees became members of their mother's clan.
  • 2The Iroquoian language of the Cherokee, which has had its own script since 1820 and has about 11,000 speakers.

    切罗基语(属易洛魁语,1820年起有自己的文字,使用者约11, 000人)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Cherokees recorded their laws and constitution and translated the Bible and numerous other works into Cherokee.
    • It is used in the Indian churches and at the stomp grounds, and many children still grow up with Cherokee as their first language, learning English when they go to school.
    • In the 1820's the most impressive cultural change was made as an actual written language derived from the Cherokee spoken word was created.
    • So we were a literate people, therefore most of our mythology has been codified and has been written down, either in Cherokee or in Cherokee and then translated to English.
    • So I asked my friend in the dormitory about some sweet words in Cherokee.
adjectiveˈCHerəkēˈtʃɛrəki
  • Relating to the Cherokee or their language.

    (与)切罗基人(有关)的;(与)切罗基语(有关)的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I am an 80-year-old Cherokee Indian, and what the white man has done to this country is unbelievable.
    • For the first time since the race began, the colonel took down his glass and angrily addressed the Cherokee chief in his Indian language.
    • What I expect from this trip isn't much more than a few kitschy T-shirts, a cowboy hat, and perhaps a pair of authentic Cherokee moccasins.
    • The nation was overrun by refugees from the Creek and Cherokee nations, however, which were occupied by troops.
    • A Cherokee grandmother recited Crazy Horse's prophecy about these very times, as the Old Age closes.

Origin

From obsolete Cherokee tsaraki, earlier form of tsaliki.

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