| 释义 |
Miao, n. and a.|mɪˈaʊ|
Also Meo.
[Native name.]
A. n.
a. A member of the Miao, a mountain-dwelling people of China and Indo-China; the Miao people.
b. The language spoken by the Miao.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to the Miao people or their language.
1917S. Couling Encycl. Sinica 4/2 There have been frequent revolts of the Miao, the last great one being during the T'ai P'ing rebellion. The Miao women wear wonderfully embroidered clothes and short, white kilted skirts. 1937E. Snow Red Star over China v. iii. 195 The Reds had a method. They had already safely passed through the tribal districts of the Miao and the Shan peoples, aborigines of Kweichow and Yunnan, and had won their friendship. 1939L. H. Gray Foundations of Lang. 390 Miao, Yao, Khāmtī, the extinct Āhom, etc. 1948D. Diringer Alphabet 418 Miao spoken on the borders of northern Siam. 1948R. A. D. Forrest Chinese Lang. i. 33 Miao..has indeed close relationship with Chinese; but it is a relationship of influence and not of kinship. 1955Times 9 May 8/4 The Meos, or Miaos as they are more commonly known in China, are more recent emigrants from Kweichow and Yunnan provinces. 1963Times 24 Apr. 10/3 According to Prince Souvanna Phouma, the Pathet Lao has also demanded the withdrawal of trained Meo tribesmen, and it is not clear whether the rightist troops mentioned are Meo, or, for that matter, whether the latter have descended from their hills. 1970Daily Tel. 4 Mar. 16/4 The Meo general and his predominantly Meo hill-tribe force..form the Government's only credible shield against the North Vietnamese. 1972Nat. Geographic Feb. 275 Soon Meo harvesters will scrape off the sticky sap, boil it, and sell the crude narcotic for at least $25 a pound. 1972Times 4 July 16/1 Some of the Meo have succeeded in preserving themselves and their cultural identity by not taking sides in the war. 1974R. Butler Buffalo Hook xii. 105 They're an odd bunch, the Hainanese... The island's aboriginal people are called, of all things, Miao. |