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单词 Comanche
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Definition of Comanche in English:

Comanche

nounPlural Comanches kəˈmantʃikəˈman(t)SHē
  • 1A member of a North American people of the south-western US. The Comanche were among the first to acquire horses (from the Spanish) and resisted white settlers fiercely.

    科曼切人(美国西南部的印第安人)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Against the smoothbore trade muskets of the Comanches, obtained from traders on the Arkansas River, and against the smoothbore military muskets of the Mexicans, the flintlock rifles proved deadly.
    • Less than twenty Comanches left the battleground unhurt.
    • Since I was young, the Pawnees and the Comanches have been enemies.
    • Between 1866 and 1891 these men participated in several notable campaigns against Kiowas, Comanches, Cheyennes, Apaches, and Lakotas.
    • From there they would repair telegraph lines, escort traders and pioneers, and, if necessary, fight the Cheyenne and their allies the Comanches and Kiowas.
    • During World War II, he was one of 17 Okalahoma Comanches attached to the 4th Infantry Division, 4th Signal Corps.
    • The Kiowas and the Comanches now have separate business committees, which function as the equivalent of tribal governments, and the Kiowa-Apaches have remained allied with the Kiowas.
    • The Apaches were forced farther south and west by the incursion of the Comanches.
    • They fought the Comanches and settled the Plains, creating a legend of Texan grit and determination not unlike the reputation of their Scottish forebears.
    • Some of Mackenzie's Tonkawa or Delaware scouts had apprehended Tafoya after he had traded with the Comanches and Kiowas camping in the canyon.
    • To the south, Kiowas, Comanches, and Cheyennes disrupted the trade with New Mexico and struck south into Texas.
    • Pueblo auxiliaries were often required to fight with Spanish troops against either Apaches, Navajos, Utes, or Comanches, depending upon Spanish Indian policies and alliances at any given time.
    • In 1835, one traveler to Texas heard an echo of what seems to have been early contact between Comanches and African Americans in South Texas.
    • Historically recorded groups include Apaches, Comanches, Kickapoos, and Kiowas.
    • Having considered a number of options, she argues that the smallpox went from Louisiana along the Red River to the Comanches and was then transported by them, through trading links, to the Shoshones of modern Wyoming, Montana and Idaho.
    • He takes a bundle off the mule's back and spreads his goods on a blanket, and with a few silent, strong hand gestures begins to trade with the leader of the Comanches.
    • Unlike many Native American tribes, the Comanches were warriors and wanderers, made up of as many as 38 bands related only by loose friendship.
    • Dragging them from their wide open spaces into captivity is akin to the American scandal of driving Comanches and other Plains Indians onto reservations.
    • To the south, Kiowas, Comanches, and Cheyennes threatened the commerce with Santa Fe and raided deep into Texas.
    • As with Comanches and horses, some Navajos acquired far more sheep than others, a development that led to the emergence of a nascent class system and even to distinct band identities.
  • 2mass noun The Uto-Aztecan language of the Comanche, now virtually extinct.

    科曼切语(属犹他-阿兹特克语群,现已灭绝)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He researched the vocabulary of six very different languages - English and Spanish, two Asian languages, Comanche, and the language of a non-literate community in Siberia.
    • He knelt by her and offered her a loaf of bread, she smiled gratefully and - murmuring words in Comanche - took it.
    • He chanted in Latin but claimed it was Comanche.
adjective kəˈmantʃikəˈman(t)SHē
  • Relating to the Comanche or their language.

    (与)科曼切人(或科曼切语)(有关)的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They were of the Shoshonean Comanche stock, and depended on the land for all their needs.
    • Separation from her parents proved less problematic than separation from her Comanche roots.
    • Once, as Comanche warriors pounded on the front door, she carried a wash pot of boiling water into the loft, which she tipped onto the attacker's heads, scalding them and driving them away.
    • His body went from the loose, almost indolent posture to one as taut as a Comanche bowstring.
    • He had known when he handed her the gun that she stood no chance against a Comanche war party.
    • As explained in the catalogue, it is difficult to distinguish Kiowa from Comanche cradles because the two tribes shared the same reservation and presumably traded, sold, or gave cradles to one another.
    • The modern horse history and that of the post-European Native Americans are intertwined, such as Comanche horsemen, the Cheyenne's traditional Paint horses and the Nez Perce Apaloose.
    • Perhaps the most staunchly aligned with her early spiritual upbringing is Harris, who credits her mother's Comanche faith with helping her find a sense of identity.
    • The Indians implicitly understand, and they escort Cody back to their encampment, where he meets the Comanche chief.
    • Perched high on an escarpment above the Cibolo creek floodplain, this area was once an important hunting area for Apache and later the Comanche peoples.
    • After many days he came to the place where the Comanche camp had been.
    • When they could be provoked into a fight or caught at all, Comanche warriors proved formidable foes, even for expert riflemen.
    • Luke, of course, showed his Comanche blood even more as he grew older.
    • They had always been close, most likely because of the time spent in the Comanche village.

Origin

Spanish, from Comanche.

Rhymes

banshee

Definition of Comanche in US English:

Comanche

nounkəˈman(t)SHē
  • 1A member of a North American people of the southwestern US. The Comanche were among the first to acquire horses (from the Spanish) and resisted white settlers fiercely.

    科曼切人(美国西南部的印第安人)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In 1835, one traveler to Texas heard an echo of what seems to have been early contact between Comanches and African Americans in South Texas.
    • To the south, Kiowas, Comanches, and Cheyennes disrupted the trade with New Mexico and struck south into Texas.
    • To the south, Kiowas, Comanches, and Cheyennes threatened the commerce with Santa Fe and raided deep into Texas.
    • Unlike many Native American tribes, the Comanches were warriors and wanderers, made up of as many as 38 bands related only by loose friendship.
    • Less than twenty Comanches left the battleground unhurt.
    • Dragging them from their wide open spaces into captivity is akin to the American scandal of driving Comanches and other Plains Indians onto reservations.
    • As with Comanches and horses, some Navajos acquired far more sheep than others, a development that led to the emergence of a nascent class system and even to distinct band identities.
    • During World War II, he was one of 17 Okalahoma Comanches attached to the 4th Infantry Division, 4th Signal Corps.
    • They fought the Comanches and settled the Plains, creating a legend of Texan grit and determination not unlike the reputation of their Scottish forebears.
    • Against the smoothbore trade muskets of the Comanches, obtained from traders on the Arkansas River, and against the smoothbore military muskets of the Mexicans, the flintlock rifles proved deadly.
    • The Kiowas and the Comanches now have separate business committees, which function as the equivalent of tribal governments, and the Kiowa-Apaches have remained allied with the Kiowas.
    • Historically recorded groups include Apaches, Comanches, Kickapoos, and Kiowas.
    • Some of Mackenzie's Tonkawa or Delaware scouts had apprehended Tafoya after he had traded with the Comanches and Kiowas camping in the canyon.
    • Pueblo auxiliaries were often required to fight with Spanish troops against either Apaches, Navajos, Utes, or Comanches, depending upon Spanish Indian policies and alliances at any given time.
    • Having considered a number of options, she argues that the smallpox went from Louisiana along the Red River to the Comanches and was then transported by them, through trading links, to the Shoshones of modern Wyoming, Montana and Idaho.
    • Since I was young, the Pawnees and the Comanches have been enemies.
    • He takes a bundle off the mule's back and spreads his goods on a blanket, and with a few silent, strong hand gestures begins to trade with the leader of the Comanches.
    • Between 1866 and 1891 these men participated in several notable campaigns against Kiowas, Comanches, Cheyennes, Apaches, and Lakotas.
    • From there they would repair telegraph lines, escort traders and pioneers, and, if necessary, fight the Cheyenne and their allies the Comanches and Kiowas.
    • The Apaches were forced farther south and west by the incursion of the Comanches.
  • 2The Uto-Aztecan language of the Comanche.

    科曼切语(属犹他-阿兹特克语群,现已灭绝)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He chanted in Latin but claimed it was Comanche.
    • He researched the vocabulary of six very different languages - English and Spanish, two Asian languages, Comanche, and the language of a non-literate community in Siberia.
    • He knelt by her and offered her a loaf of bread, she smiled gratefully and - murmuring words in Comanche - took it.
adjectivekəˈman(t)SHē
  • Relating to the Comanche or their language.

    (与)科曼切人(或科曼切语)(有关)的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Perhaps the most staunchly aligned with her early spiritual upbringing is Harris, who credits her mother's Comanche faith with helping her find a sense of identity.
    • Perched high on an escarpment above the Cibolo creek floodplain, this area was once an important hunting area for Apache and later the Comanche peoples.
    • His body went from the loose, almost indolent posture to one as taut as a Comanche bowstring.
    • Luke, of course, showed his Comanche blood even more as he grew older.
    • When they could be provoked into a fight or caught at all, Comanche warriors proved formidable foes, even for expert riflemen.
    • He had known when he handed her the gun that she stood no chance against a Comanche war party.
    • As explained in the catalogue, it is difficult to distinguish Kiowa from Comanche cradles because the two tribes shared the same reservation and presumably traded, sold, or gave cradles to one another.
    • They had always been close, most likely because of the time spent in the Comanche village.
    • After many days he came to the place where the Comanche camp had been.
    • They were of the Shoshonean Comanche stock, and depended on the land for all their needs.
    • The Indians implicitly understand, and they escort Cody back to their encampment, where he meets the Comanche chief.
    • The modern horse history and that of the post-European Native Americans are intertwined, such as Comanche horsemen, the Cheyenne's traditional Paint horses and the Nez Perce Apaloose.
    • Once, as Comanche warriors pounded on the front door, she carried a wash pot of boiling water into the loft, which she tipped onto the attacker's heads, scalding them and driving them away.
    • Separation from her parents proved less problematic than separation from her Comanche roots.

Origin

Spanish, from Comanche.

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