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wampum是什么意思

  • 英式英标[\'wɔmpəm]
  • 美式音标[\'wɒmpəm]

n. 贝壳念珠;金钱

英文词源

wampum (n.)
string of seashell beads used as money by Native Americans, 1630s, shortened from New England Algonquian wampumpeag (1620s), "string of white (shell beads);" said to be compounded from wab "white" + ompe "string" + plural suffix -ag.

实用例句

1. They paid a lot of wampum for the job.
他们为那工作付出很多的钱.来自辞典例句
2. At first they copied the Native Americans and used wampum.
最初,他们模仿本土的美国人用贝壳串珠当作钱.来自互联网
3. I brought some wampum from North America.
我从北美买了一些贝壳串珠.来自互联网
4. Wampum was made of seashells.
贝壳串珠是用海贝壳制作的.来自互联网

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