| 释义 |
‖ mias, n. sing. and pl.|ˈmaɪəs|
Also 9 maias.
[Dayak maias (Howell & Baily Sea-Dyak Dict. 1900).]
The orang-utan, Simia satyrus.
1840J. Brooke Jrnl. in Mundy Narr. in Borneo, etc. (1848) I. 220 While lazily waiting the report of our Dyaks who were detached in search of the mias, we fell in with a party of Balows. Ibid. 221 After our interview with the Balow other mias were discovered. Ibid. 226 The mias, both pappan and rembi..have nests or houses in the trees. 1866C. Brooke Sarawak I. 63 The Maias, or Orang-utan,..is very common in some parts [of Sarawak]. 1869A. R. Wallace Malay Archip. I. iv. 62 Just a week after my arrival at the mines, I first saw a Mias. |