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单词 Siwash
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Definition of Siwash in English:

Siwash

noun ˈsʌɪwɒʃ-wôSH
derogatory
  • 1A North American Indian of the northern Pacific coast.

    锡沃斯人(北太平洋沿岸的美洲印第安人)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We buried the old Indian the next day with snow falling heavily, the Siwashes present took turns with the shovels.
    • Henderson refused to stand for this, said that he must give the preference over Siwashes to his old Sixty Mile friends, and, it is rumored, said some things about Siwashes that were not nice.
  • 2

    another term for Chinook Jargon
adjectiveˈsʌɪwɒʃ-wôSH
derogatory
  • Relating to North American Indians of the northern Pacific coast.

    锡沃斯人(北太平洋沿岸的美洲印第安人)

verbˈsʌɪwɒʃ-wôSH
[no object]North American informal
  • Camp without a tent.

    露营

    no more siwashing under trees for me
    Example sentencesExamples
    • After an hour or so she got it in close and then it ran under the raft where the line was siwashed hard against the boom stick.
    • From the beach where we siwashed our boat, the trail to our cabin cut through the spruce, skirted the grasslands meadow, and followed the base of the cliffs southward to the creek.
    • The use of siwashing, in lieu of using a block and strap, for the purpose of changing the tree pulling lead, is prohibited.

Origin

Chinook Jargon, from Canadian French sauvage 'wild'.

Rhymes

eyewash

Definition of Siwash in US English:

Siwash

noun-wôSH
derogatory
  • 1A North American Indian of the northern Pacific coast.

    锡沃斯人(北太平洋沿岸的美洲印第安人)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Henderson refused to stand for this, said that he must give the preference over Siwashes to his old Sixty Mile friends, and, it is rumored, said some things about Siwashes that were not nice.
    • We buried the old Indian the next day with snow falling heavily, the Siwashes present took turns with the shovels.
  • 2

    another term for Chinook Jargon
adjective-wôSH
derogatory
  • Relating to North American Indians of the northern Pacific coast.

    锡沃斯人(北太平洋沿岸的美洲印第安人)

verb-wôSH
[no object]North American informal
  • Camp without a tent.

    露营

    no more siwashing under trees for me
    Example sentencesExamples
    • From the beach where we siwashed our boat, the trail to our cabin cut through the spruce, skirted the grasslands meadow, and followed the base of the cliffs southward to the creek.
    • After an hour or so she got it in close and then it ran under the raft where the line was siwashed hard against the boom stick.
    • The use of siwashing, in lieu of using a block and strap, for the purpose of changing the tree pulling lead, is prohibited.

Origin

Chinook Jargon, from Canadian French sauvage ‘wild’.

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