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爱斯基摩人[语]
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Eskimo \Es"ki*mo\, n.; pl. {Eskimos}. [Originally applied by the
Algonquins to the Northern Indians, and meaning eaters of raw
flesh.] (Ethnol.)
One of a peculiar race inhabiting Arctic America and
Greenland. In many respects the Eskimos resemble the
Mongolian race. [Written also {Esquimau}.]
{Eskimo dog} (Zo["o]l.), one of a breed of large and powerful
dogs used by the Eskimos to draw sledges. It closely
resembles the gray wolf, with which it is often crossed.
Eskimo dog
Esquimau \Es"qui*mau\, n.; pl. {Esquimaux}. [F.]
Same as {Eskimo}.
It is . . . an error to suppose that where an Esquimau
can live, a civilized man can live also. --McClintock.
资料来源 : WordNet®
Esquimau
n 1: a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada
or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the
Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh')
but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people') [syn:
{Eskimo}, {Inuit}]
2: the language spoken by the Eskimo people [syn: {Eskimo}]