mackinaw
['mækə,nɔ]
- n. 方格厚毛毯;双排钮厚呢短衣
英英释义
- 1. a short plaid coat made of made of thick woolen material
- 2. a thick plaid blanket formerly used in the northwestern United States
- 3. a flat-bottomed boat used on upper Great Lakes
- 4. a heavy woolen cloth heavily napped and felted, often with a plaid design
双语例句
- 1. Then he saw a big man a workman's cap and a mackinaw limping slowly toward him.
- 这时,他看见一个大个子,戴着工人帽,穿着粗布衣服,一步一拐,慢慢地向他走来.
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英文词源
- Mackinaw
- type of boat used on the Great Lakes, 1812, from Mackinac, name of a port and island in Michigan, from Ojibway (Algonquian) mitchimakinak "many turtles," from mishiin- "be many" + mikinaak "snapping turtle." As a type of heavy blanket given to the Indians by the U.S. government, it is attested from 1822.