单词 | goober |
释义 | goober['gu:bə]n. 落花生, 皮肤上的小疙瘩 goober goo.ber AHD: [g›“b…r] D.J. [6gu8b*]K.K. [6gub+]n.Chiefly Southern U.S. (名词)【多用于美国南部】 See peanut 参见 peanut 语源:[Of Bantu origin] ; akin to Kongo or Kimbundu n-guba [来自班图族的] ;类似于 刚果语或金杜邦语 n-guba 注释:Most Southerners recognize the termsgoober and goober pea as other names for the peanut. Goober is related to Kongo or Kimbundu n-guba, “peanut.” The word is especially interesting as one of a small stock of African language borrowings brought over by slaves.Most of these words have to do with the food items imported from Africa for the slaves to eat.In this category aregumbo, “okra,” which is of Bantu origin, and yam, which is of West African origin. The nouncooter is related to the Mandingo word kuta and the Tshiluba word nkudu, both meaning “turtle.” Cooter is still used in South Carolina, Georgia, and the Gulf Statesto denote the edible freshwater turtle of the genusChrysemys and, by extension, other turtles and tortoises. 大部分美国南方人都知道goober 和 goober pea 是花生的别名。 Goober 源自刚果语或金邦杜语里的 n-guba “花生”。 这个词是黑人奴隶从非洲带来的一小部分语言中特别有趣的一个。大部分词跟从非洲运来供奴隶们食用的食物有关。在这些词里,有来自班图语的gumbo “秋葵”和来自西非的 yam 。 名词cooter 与曼丁哥语里的 kuta 和齐鲁巴语里的 nkudu 有联系, 他们意思都是“龟”。 Cooter 仍然在美国南卡罗来纳州,乔治亚洲和墨西哥湾沿岸各州使用,用来指那些锦龟 属的可食用的淡水龟以及其它龟类 |
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