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单词 myall
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Definition of myall in English:

myall

noun ˈmʌɪəl
  • 1An Australian acacia tree with silvery foliage sometimes used as fodder.

    Genus Acacia, family Leguminosae: several species, in particular A. pendula, which has violet-scented timber

  • 2Australian An Aborigine living in a traditional way.

    〈澳〉以传统方式生活的澳大利亚土著居民

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Telfer's accounts of this and other pitched battles with ‘myalls’ might be dismissed by the sceptic as unsupported hearsay.
    • The luluing of the famished myall mingled with the howl of the hunting dingo.
    • I was told that they shot down myalls up and down the Lander River for many miles.

Origin

Mid 19th century (in sense 1): sense 2 from Dharuk myal, miyal 'person from another tribe'; sense 1 is perhaps an unexplained transferred use of sense 2.

Rhymes

denial, dial, espial, Lyall, mistrial, Niall, phial, trial, vial, viol
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