| 释义 |
‖ umu N.Z.|ˈʊmʊ|
[Maori.]
= hangi; also, the food prepared in this oven.
Also used in other Polynesian areas in the Pacific.
1845E. J. Wakefield Adventure in N.Z. I. iv. 75 The tangi had terminated; the umu or ‘cooking holes’ were smoking away for the feast. 1889S. P. Smith in Trans. N.Z. Inst. XXII. 98 An oven of stones, exactly like a Maori umu or hangi. 1950Landfall IV. 85 The passage describes in detail the well-remembered lighting of the umu fires. 1972M. Shadbolt Strangers & Journeys xxii. 474 Mother, grandmother, and children scattered around in vague blue smoke for their umu, or earth oven. 1974T. Heyerdahl Fatu-Hiva i. 46 No banquet.. can better regale guests than such a juicy, fresh..Polynesian umu served without cost..in the open air of a tropical night. |