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单词 Mixtec
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Definition of Mixtec in English:

Mixtec

nounPlural Mixtecs ˈmɪstɛkˈmēstek
  • 1A member of an indigenous people of southern Mexico, noted for their skill in pottery and metallurgy.

    米斯特克人(属墨西哥南部一美洲印第安族,以制陶和冶金著名)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The sculptures depict the sacred symbolism used in the costumes of the Zapotecs and Mixtecs, two of the main pre-Hispanic societies of Mexico's southern state of Oaxaca.
    • A major feature of the transnational movement was the formation of ethnic enclaves by both Mixtecs and Zapotecs in major employment centers at destinations.
    • He argues that the Aztecs and Mixtecs had their own history and their own writing systems and should be understood and appreciated as such without necessary reference to the Old World.
    • The author has produced a work on the Mixtecs of colonial Mexico which rivals the best of that on any of these other better-known and documented groups.
    • Zapotec influence disappeared, although the site was partially reoccupied by the Mixtec.
  • 2The Otomanguean language of the Mixtec, spoken by about 250,000 people in several dialects.

    米斯特克语(属奥托曼格语系,约有250, 000人使用,有多种方言)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • After dropping out of music school, she was back home in Oaxaca, Mexico, when a neighbour asked her to translate a document from English into Mixtec.
    • On stage, she is like a woman possessed, speaking in many tongues - her mother's Mixtec, the florid Castillian of romantic ballads, and the oaky English of North American folksongs.
    • All of these elements are rallied into a cohesive whole, whether she is singing in English, Spanish or any one of four native Indian languages, including the Mixtec of her own background.
    • My nephew tried to organize these farmworkers, only to discover that they did not speak Spanish and he spoke no Mixtec.
    • The typical resident is 18 years old, speaks Spanish or Mixtec, and works all day in the blast-furnace desert heat.
adjective ˈmɪstɛkˈmēstek
  • Relating to the Mixtec or their language.

    (与)米斯特克人(有关)的;(与)米斯特克语(有关)的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Terraciano rightly points to the ways in which Christian formulas in Mixtec testaments can mask a most unorthodox Christianity.
    • The region was dominated by confederacies of Mixtec and Zapotec royal families, who constantly expanded their control through marriage alliances.
    • Terraciano has a number of distinguished predecessors, among them Ronald Spores, who threw light on many aspects of prehispanic, colonial, and modern Mixtec affairs.
    • She came to Oregon from her Mixtec community in Oaxaca, Mexico, in 1987, following her husband, who was legalized that same year.
    • As with the Nahua-speaking Aztecs of central Mexico during the same era, a three-stage scheme of language change seems to fit the Mixtec case.

Origin

Spanish, from Nahuatl mixtecah 'person from a cloudy place'.

Definition of Mixtec in US English:

Mixtec

nounˈmēstek
  • 1A member of an indigenous people of southern Mexico, noted for their skill in pottery and metallurgy.

    米斯特克人(属墨西哥南部一美洲印第安族,以制陶和冶金著名)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Zapotec influence disappeared, although the site was partially reoccupied by the Mixtec.
    • The author has produced a work on the Mixtecs of colonial Mexico which rivals the best of that on any of these other better-known and documented groups.
    • The sculptures depict the sacred symbolism used in the costumes of the Zapotecs and Mixtecs, two of the main pre-Hispanic societies of Mexico's southern state of Oaxaca.
    • He argues that the Aztecs and Mixtecs had their own history and their own writing systems and should be understood and appreciated as such without necessary reference to the Old World.
    • A major feature of the transnational movement was the formation of ethnic enclaves by both Mixtecs and Zapotecs in major employment centers at destinations.
  • 2The Otomanguean language of the Mixtec.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • My nephew tried to organize these farmworkers, only to discover that they did not speak Spanish and he spoke no Mixtec.
    • All of these elements are rallied into a cohesive whole, whether she is singing in English, Spanish or any one of four native Indian languages, including the Mixtec of her own background.
    • On stage, she is like a woman possessed, speaking in many tongues - her mother's Mixtec, the florid Castillian of romantic ballads, and the oaky English of North American folksongs.
    • After dropping out of music school, she was back home in Oaxaca, Mexico, when a neighbour asked her to translate a document from English into Mixtec.
    • The typical resident is 18 years old, speaks Spanish or Mixtec, and works all day in the blast-furnace desert heat.
adjectiveˈmēstek
  • Relating to the Mixtec or their language.

    (与)米斯特克人(有关)的;(与)米斯特克语(有关)的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As with the Nahua-speaking Aztecs of central Mexico during the same era, a three-stage scheme of language change seems to fit the Mixtec case.
    • Terraciano has a number of distinguished predecessors, among them Ronald Spores, who threw light on many aspects of prehispanic, colonial, and modern Mixtec affairs.
    • Terraciano rightly points to the ways in which Christian formulas in Mixtec testaments can mask a most unorthodox Christianity.
    • She came to Oregon from her Mixtec community in Oaxaca, Mexico, in 1987, following her husband, who was legalized that same year.
    • The region was dominated by confederacies of Mixtec and Zapotec royal families, who constantly expanded their control through marriage alliances.

Origin

Spanish, from Nahuatl mixtecah ‘person from a cloudy place’.

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