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单词 Pequot
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Definition of Pequot in English:

Pequot

nounPlural Pequots ˈpiːkwɒtˈpēkwät
  • 1A member of a North American people of southern New England.

    佩科特人(新英格兰南部的北美印第安人)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The history of the Pequots, like the history of the Chippewa that her novels relate, cannot be told as a single story along clean lines.
    • Punishing the Pequots for the death of an English trader, Massachusetts militia attacked men, women, and children at the stockaded Mystic village, setting it ablaze and shooting escapees.
    • ‘The materials and design of the museum reflect the Pequot's heritage’ explains the public relations specialist.
    • They also sought to help Pequots and other Indians recover from a lifetime of negative stereotypes about ‘savages’ in classrooms, museums, and popular culture.
    • With the advent of war, Plymouth gained support from New England's other colonies and from Mohegans, Pequots, and many Christian Indians.
  • 2mass noun The extinct Algonquian language of the Pequot.

    佩科特语(已绝迹)

adjective ˈpiːkwɒtˈpēkwät
  • Relating to the Pequot or their language.

    (与)佩科特人(有关)的;(与)佩科特语(有关)的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • With Mohegan and Narragansett support, the English attacked the Pequot town of Mystic on 26 May 1637.
    • The quality of the displays rivals the Smithsonian, and the centerpiece is a life-size recreation of a Pequot village.
    • During the Pequot War, the colonists' Narragansett and Mohegan allies offered Pequot heads as gifts.
    • The public walks through an indoor Pequot village staffed, more or less, by prerecorded voices.
    • The four-lobed medallion is another symbolic motif often found on Mohegan and Pequot baskets.

Origin

From Narragansett paquatanog 'destroyers'.

Definition of Pequot in US English:

Pequot

nounˈpēkwät
  • 1A member of a North American people of southern New England.

    佩科特人(新英格兰南部的北美印第安人)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The history of the Pequots, like the history of the Chippewa that her novels relate, cannot be told as a single story along clean lines.
    • Punishing the Pequots for the death of an English trader, Massachusetts militia attacked men, women, and children at the stockaded Mystic village, setting it ablaze and shooting escapees.
    • ‘The materials and design of the museum reflect the Pequot's heritage’ explains the public relations specialist.
    • With the advent of war, Plymouth gained support from New England's other colonies and from Mohegans, Pequots, and many Christian Indians.
    • They also sought to help Pequots and other Indians recover from a lifetime of negative stereotypes about ‘savages’ in classrooms, museums, and popular culture.
  • 2The Algonquian language of the Pequot, closely related to Mohegan.

adjectiveˈpēkwät
  • Relating to the Pequot or their language.

    (与)佩科特人(有关)的;(与)佩科特语(有关)的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • During the Pequot War, the colonists' Narragansett and Mohegan allies offered Pequot heads as gifts.
    • The public walks through an indoor Pequot village staffed, more or less, by prerecorded voices.
    • The quality of the displays rivals the Smithsonian, and the centerpiece is a life-size recreation of a Pequot village.
    • With Mohegan and Narragansett support, the English attacked the Pequot town of Mystic on 26 May 1637.
    • The four-lobed medallion is another symbolic motif often found on Mohegan and Pequot baskets.

Origin

From Narragansett paquatanog ‘destroyers’.

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