powwow 中文意思是什麼

powwow 解釋
n. 名詞 1. (北美印第安人的)祭司,巫師。
2. (北美印第安人的)祛病祈禱;預祝典禮〈出發打獵、打仗前的跳舞、狂歡〉。
3. 〈美俚〉(政治等方面的)會談,討論;社交集會;〈英俚〉(作戰時的)軍官會議。
vi. 不及物動詞 1. (北美印第安人)做祛病祈禱;舉行預祝狂歡。
2. 〈美俚〉開會;商量 (about)。
vt. 及物動詞 (北美印第安人)用巫術治(病)。

  1. Once or twice of a night we would see a steamboat slipping along in the dark, and now and then she would belch a whole world of sparks up out of her chimbleys, and they would rain down in the river and look awful pretty ; then she would turn a corner and her lights would wink out and her powwow shut off and leave the river still again ; and by and by her waves would get to us, a long time after she was gone, and joggle the raft a bit, and after that you wouldn t hear nothing for you couldn t tell how long, except maybe frogs or something

    每天晚上,我們總有一兩回看到一隻輪船輕手輕腳在暗地裡溜過去,從煙囪里噴出一大簇火花來,象雨點般地落在水面上,煞是好看。然後它拐過一個彎,燈不亮了,吵鬧聲停下來了,留下的是一片寂靜的大河。輪船捲起的水浪,在它開走以後好久才流到我們的面前,把木筏輕輕搖動幾下。
  2. How could i know there was going to be all this rumpus and powwow about a little slip like that ?

    我怎麼會知道這么一點兒大意就會惹得老天爺這么大發雷霆呢?
  3. Every september, there is a powwow in the park

    每年九月,公園內會舉辦一場祈禱儀式。
  4. You and me, we ' re gonna have a iittle powwow

    你和我,來商量一下
  5. And everybody was whooping at once, and there was a rattling powwow

    大夥兒一個個都在聲狂叫,亂成一片。
  6. Native american dancers invited rotarians and family to join the powwow circle

    印地安人舞者們邀請扶輪社員和他們的家人參與圍成祈禱儀式的圈圈。
  7. We judged we could make miles enough that night to get out of the reach of the powwow we reckoned the duke s work in the printing office was going to make in that little town ; then we could boom right along if we wanted to

    公爵在那個小鎮上印刷店裡乾的那一套,一定會引起一場大鬧,不過我們斷定,我們當晚會走出去離鎮好幾英里路遠,那場吵鬧就跟我們無關了只要我們高興,我們完全可以一帆風順向前開了。
  8. Have you ever been to a powwow ? if you went to winnebago, nebraska, in july, you ' d have a chance

    您曾參加過祈禱儀式嗎?假如您在七月時造訪內布拉斯加的溫尼貝戈族印第安人,您就有機會參加他們的祈禱儀式。
  9. There is also an indian art expo and market at the powwow where indian artists gather to show their traditional work, such as pottery, jewelry, beadwork, and paintings

    祈禱儀式上也有一場印地安藝術展覽會及市集,印地安藝術家會在此處聚集並藉以展示他們的傳統作品,如:陶器、首飾、珠飾及繪畫。
  10. Tom sawyer called the hogs " ingots, " and he called the turnips and stuff " julery, " and we would go to the cave and powwow over what we had done, and how many people we had killed and marked

    湯姆索亞把那些豬叫做「金條」 ,把蘿卜之類的東西,叫做「珍寶」 。我們會到山洞里去,吹噓我們的功績,我們殺了多少人啦,給多少人留下了傷疤啦。
  11. There was a yell at us, and a jingling of bells to stop the engines, a powwow of cussing, and whistling of steam - and as jim went overboard on one side and i on the other, she come smashing straight through the raft

    對著我們發出了一聲大叫,又響起了停止開動引擎的鈴聲,一陣陣咒罵聲,一排排放氣聲,正當傑姆從那一邊我從這一邊往水下跳的一剎那,大輪猛沖過來,從木筏的中間沖過去。
  12. They d had all the dogs shut up, so they wouldn t scare off the robbers ; but by this time somebody had let them loose, and here they come, making powwow enough for a million ; but they was our dogs ; so we stopped in our tracks till they catched up ; and when they see it warn t nobody but us, and no excitement to offer them, they only just said howdy, and tore right ahead towards the shouting and clattering ; and then we up - steam again, and whizzed along after them till we was nearly to the mill, and then struck up through the bush to where my canoe was tied, and hopped in and pulled for dear life towards the middle of the river, but didn t make no more noise than we was obleeged to

    他們為了不致於把強盜嚇跑,把狗都關了起來。到了此時此刻,有些人把狗放了出來,這些狗便一路奔來,汪汪直叫,彷彿千百隻一涌來,不過這些畢竟是我們自家的狗,我們一收住腳步,等它們趕上來,它們一見是我們,並非外人,有什麼好大驚小怪的,便跟我們打了個招呼,朝呼喊聲和重重的腳步聲那個方向直沖過去。我們便鼓足馬力,在它們的後面跑,后來到鋸木廠,便改道穿過矮樹叢,到原來拴獨木舟的那邊,跳了上去,為了保住一命,使勁往河中心劃,不過一路上盡量不發出聲音。
  13. At the annual northern ute powwow, dancers circle around an american flag carried by the honor guard

    一年一度的北猶他州巫師儀式上,舞者們圍著一面由榮譽守衛所持的美國國旗起舞。
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