释义 |
‖ mecate|meɪˈkɑːteɪ| [Aztec mecatl ‘corde, fouet, discipline’ (Siméon Dict. Nahuatl).] 1. A rope made of the fibre or hair of the maguey.
1877in Bartlett Dict. Amer. 1880in Webster Suppl.; and in recent Dicts. 2. ‘A Mexican square measure, equal to about one-tenth of an acre’ (Cent. Dict. 1890). |