sachem
英 ['seɪtʃəm; 'sætʃəm]
美
英文词源
- sachem (n.)
- chief of an American Indian tribe, 1620s, from Narragansett (Algonquian) sachim "chief, ruler," cognate with Abenaki sangman, Delaware sakima, Micmac sakumow, Penobscot sagumo. Applied jocularly to a prominent member of any society from 1680s; specific political use in U.S. is from 1890, from its use as the title of the 12 high officials of the Tammany Society of New York.
双语例句
- 1. He could not go out to war as a sachem.
- 首领的身份是不能够参加战争的.
来自辞典例句
- 2. No gens would have a chief or sachem from any gens but its own.
- 任何氏族只能从本氏族中选出其酋帅或首领.
来自辞典例句
- 3. Let them come, if they like, be It'sagamore , sachem, or pow - wow .
- 让他们来吧, 只要他们愿意,随便是谁, 萨加莫尔, 萨成, 庖沃.
来自互联网
- 4. The gens deposes the sachem and war - chief at will.
- 氏族可以任意罢免酋长和酋帅.
来自互联网
- 5. The sixth sick sachem's sixth sheep's sick.
- 第六位生病的酋长的第六只羊病了.
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