词族 · Choctaw
词形变化
英语词源
- Choctaw
- 1722, from Choctaw Chahta, of uncertain meaning, but also said to be from Spanish chato "flattened," for the tribe's custom of flattening the heads of male infants. As a figure skating step, first recorded 1892. Sometimes used in 19c. American English as typical of a difficult or incomprehensible language (compare Greek in this sense from c. 1600).
权威例句
- 1. Some people say it came from the Native American Indian try tribe known as the Choctaw.
- 一些人认为它是源于美国印第安乔克托家族.
- 2. Some people say it came from the Native American Indian tribe known as the Choctaw.
- 有些人说它来自美国印第安土著巧克陶族.