chinook
/tʃɪˈnʊk/noun
1
- （亦作Chinook wind）a warm dry wind which blows down the east side of the Rocky Mountains at the end of winter奇努克风（冬末时沿落基山脉东边吹的干燥暖风）。
2
- （亦作chinook salmon）a large North Pacific salmon which is an important commercial food fish大鳞大麻哈鱼。
2.1
- Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, family Salmonidae.拉丁名Oncorhynchus tshawytscha,鲑科。
词源
mid 19th cent.: from attributive use of CHINOOK.