navajo

['nævəhəu]
  • n. 纳瓦霍人(美国最大的印第安部落)

英英释义


1. a member of an Athapaskan people that migrated to Arizona and New Mexico and Utah
2. the Athapaskan language spoken by the Navaho people

考试真题


It was a spoken code, never written down and it was developed and used by Navajo Indians.

2018年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

Navajo is hard to learn and only a few people know it.

2018年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

They were called the Navajo code talkers.

2018年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

实用场景例句


The Navajo are noted as stockbreeders and skilled weavers, potters, and silversmiths.
纳瓦霍人以豢养家禽, 技术熟练的纺织者, 制陶者和银匠而著名.

《简明英汉词典》

Why not buy navajo art created by actual navajos?
为什么不买个真纳瓦霍族人造出来的作品?

电影对白

Navajo has three or four ways of expressing the passive.
那瓦霍语则有三或四种方式来表达过去时态.

互联网

Navajo remained potentially valuable as code even after the war.
战后,纳瓦霍语在加密方面仍有利用价值.

互联网

There some manned distant outposts, maintaining contact in Navajo by radio.
在那里他们中的一些加入了侦察部队, 用纳瓦霍语通过无线电相互联系.

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These canyons are spiritual to Navajo tribes.
羚羊峡谷是那瓦霍族的圣地.

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Their reason: There were complaints from customers and staff about rude comments being made in Navajo.
他们的理由是: 顾客和员工都抱怨有人用纳瓦霍语无礼地评头论足.

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All the recruits spoke the same Navajo basically, but there were certain word variations.
所有这些纳瓦霍族新兵说着几乎同样的纳瓦霍语, 但在某些特定的词汇上也有所不同.

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You'd need to do something like ask in Navajo or some secret code.
你得考虑用纳瓦霍语问或者跟我对密码,才有可能辨认到底是不是我.

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双语例句


1. The Navajo are noted as stockbreeders and skilled weavers, potters, and silversmiths.
纳瓦霍人以豢养家禽, 技术熟练的纺织者, 制陶者和银匠而著名.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. Such cross - cultural conflicts are intensified by textbooks that bear little relation to Navajo life or values.
那些与那伐鹤人的生活和价值观念几乎毫无联系的教课书,使这种不同文化的冲突趋于激化.

来自辞典例句

3. Why not buy navajo art created by actual navajos?
为什么不买个真纳瓦霍族人造出来的作品?

来自电影对白

4. Navajo has three or four ways of expressing the passive.
那瓦霍语则有三或四种方式来表达过去时态.

来自互联网

5. Navajo remained potentially valuable as code even after the war.
战后,纳瓦霍语在加密方面仍有利用价值.

来自互联网

英文词源


Navajo
Athabaskan people and language, 1780, from Spanish Apaches de Nabaju (1629), from Tewa (Tanoan) Navahu, said to mean literally "large field" or "large planted field," containing nava "field" and hu "valley." Spanish Navajo was used 17c. in reference to the area now in northwestern New Mexico.

词态变化


复数: Navajos;