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单词 Abnaki
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Definition of Abnaki in English:

Abnaki

(also Abenaki)
nounPlural Abnakisabˈnakiäbˈnä-
  • 1A member of an Algonquian people living chiefly in Maine and Quebec.

    阿布纳基人(指缅因州和魁北克南部的美洲印第安人)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the end it seemed that the death of Rale and the fatigue of the Abenakis led to the war's end.
    • On Harry Jones's land near Vale Perkins there's an ‘Indian rock,’ I read, where the Abenaki scratched the story of a raid on Fort Bridgeman in 1755.
    • The Abenakis and their colleagues were not quite as deferential to the governor as he had hoped.
    • Also, the Abenakis and other Native American societies injected a volatile element in the economic and military relations between the competing empires.
    • The reader may well sympathize with the general, especially when Anderson puts in a reminder about William Henry but says nothing about why British soldiers at Louisbourg are getting killed by Micmacs and Abenakis… and Acadians.
    • This once-great omen of the Abenaki is fast becoming a bad one, by demonstrating what we as a society ignorantly preserve and worship.
    • In the east, the French supported the Abenakis, who fought against New England to preserve their land.
    • In King William's War in the 1690s, Church led expeditions against the Abenaki in Maine and the French in Acadia.
    • Very likely the Abenakis paddled along the Merrimac River for a stretch of the expedition.
    • Seen from the perspective of an observer troubled by the exploitation of the Abenakis and their land claims, one might easily and accurately describe this war as the result of unfair acquisitions by British settlers.
  • 2mass noun Either or both of the two extinct Algonquian languages (Eastern Abnaki and Western Abnaki) of the Abnaki.

    东阿布纳基语;西阿布纳基语(属阿尔冈琴语系,已消亡)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Penobscot (Eastern Abnaki, Penawahpskewi, Penobscott) Language: Abnaki is an Algonquian language spoken today by only a few elders in Canada.
    • The Penobscot dialect of Eastern Abnaki is extinct.
    • They are part of the Algonquian language family that, in Quebec, includes the Montagnais-Naskapi, Micmac, Malecite, and Abenaki.
adjectiveabˈnakiäbˈnä-
  • Relating to the Abnaki or their language.

    (与)阿布纳基人(有关)的;(与)阿布纳基语(有关)的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The name Eskimo was given to these people by neighboring Abnaki Indians and means ‘eaters of raw flesh.’
    • Alanis Obomsawin was born on Abenaki territory in Lebanon, New Hampshire on August 31, 1932.
    • Each paddle stroke inches you further upstream towards the Abenaki encampment that should lie perhaps a league ahead.
    • Whoever attacks him, attacks all the Abnaki tribe.
    • Being of Abnaki background himself, Perkins wanted to immerse himself in the forest lore.

Origin

From French Abénaqui, from Montagnais ouabanăkionek 'people of the eastern land'.

Definition of Abnaki in US English:

Abnaki

(also Abenaki)
nounäbˈnä-
  • 1A member of an Algonquian people living chiefly in Maine and Quebec.

    阿布纳基人(指缅因州和魁北克南部的美洲印第安人)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • On Harry Jones's land near Vale Perkins there's an ‘Indian rock,’ I read, where the Abenaki scratched the story of a raid on Fort Bridgeman in 1755.
    • Very likely the Abenakis paddled along the Merrimac River for a stretch of the expedition.
    • Seen from the perspective of an observer troubled by the exploitation of the Abenakis and their land claims, one might easily and accurately describe this war as the result of unfair acquisitions by British settlers.
    • This once-great omen of the Abenaki is fast becoming a bad one, by demonstrating what we as a society ignorantly preserve and worship.
    • Also, the Abenakis and other Native American societies injected a volatile element in the economic and military relations between the competing empires.
    • In King William's War in the 1690s, Church led expeditions against the Abenaki in Maine and the French in Acadia.
    • In the end it seemed that the death of Rale and the fatigue of the Abenakis led to the war's end.
    • In the east, the French supported the Abenakis, who fought against New England to preserve their land.
    • The Abenakis and their colleagues were not quite as deferential to the governor as he had hoped.
    • The reader may well sympathize with the general, especially when Anderson puts in a reminder about William Henry but says nothing about why British soldiers at Louisbourg are getting killed by Micmacs and Abenakis… and Acadians.
  • 2Either or both of two Algonquian languages, Eastern Abnaki and Western Abnaki, now nearly extinct.

    东阿布纳基语;西阿布纳基语(属阿尔冈琴语系,已消亡)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Penobscot dialect of Eastern Abnaki is extinct.
    • They are part of the Algonquian language family that, in Quebec, includes the Montagnais-Naskapi, Micmac, Malecite, and Abenaki.
    • Penobscot (Eastern Abnaki, Penawahpskewi, Penobscott) Language: Abnaki is an Algonquian language spoken today by only a few elders in Canada.
adjectiveäbˈnä-
  • Relating to the Abnaki or their language.

    (与)阿布纳基人(有关)的;(与)阿布纳基语(有关)的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Whoever attacks him, attacks all the Abnaki tribe.
    • The name Eskimo was given to these people by neighboring Abnaki Indians and means ‘eaters of raw flesh.’
    • Alanis Obomsawin was born on Abenaki territory in Lebanon, New Hampshire on August 31, 1932.
    • Each paddle stroke inches you further upstream towards the Abenaki encampment that should lie perhaps a league ahead.
    • Being of Abnaki background himself, Perkins wanted to immerse himself in the forest lore.

Origin

From French Abénaqui, from Montagnais ouabanăkionek ‘people of the eastern land’.

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