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potlatch的意思

potlatch
英式音标['pɑt,lætʃ]
美式英标['pɒtlætʃ]

基本解释

n. 冬季赠礼节(美洲印第安人冬季的一个节日)

英文词源

potlatch (n.)
1845, "a gift," from Chinook jargon pot-latch, "a gift," from Nootka (Wakashan) patshatl "giving, gift." Later (1865) in sense "ceremony in which gifts are exchanged."