calumet
英 ['kæljʊmet]
美['kæljʊ,mɛt]
- n. 北美土人所用之一种烟斗；和平的象征
英英释义
- 1. a highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians; smoked on ceremonial occasions (especially as a token of peace)
英文词源
- calumet (n.)
- 1660s, from Canadian French calumet, from Norman French calumet "pipe" (Old French chalemel, 12c., Modern French chalumeau), from Latin calamellus, diminutive of calamus "reed; something made of reed or shaped like a reed" (see shawm).