| 释义 |
Mochica, a. and n.|məʊˈtʃiːkə|
Also Mochican, Moche, 9 Moxa.
[Sp., f. an Indian word; cf. Moche, the name of an archæological site in the valley of the same name in the coastal region of northern Peru.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to the Mochica, a pre-Inca people living on the Peruvian coast, or their modern descendants, or the language spoken by them.
B. n.
a. The name of this people or a member of it.
b. The language of the Mochica.
1853F. L. Hawks tr. Rivero & Von Tschudi's Peruvian Antiquities v. 97 The Moxa language has strictly no declension. 1871Jrnl. R. Geogr. Soc. XLI. 283 Bishop Luis Geronimo de Orè..is the only source from which we get specimens of the Puquina and Mochica languages. Ibid. 323 We have..the Lord's Prayer in the Mochica, a dialect spoken in the valleys of Runahuanac and Huarco. Ibid. 326 Tribes along the Peruvian coast..the Chimus (the Yuncas of Carrera); the Mochicas (the Chinchas of Garcilasso). 1877E. G. Squier Peru viii. 128 You should have seen my Moche children forty years ago. 1927Geogr. Rev. XVII. 42 The inhabitants of Chan-Chan spoke a language known as Yunga (or Yunca) or Mochica of which today vestiges survive in the vicinity of Eten. 1948[see bichrome a. and n.2]. 1953A. C. Kinsey et al. Sexual Behavior Human Female vii. 231 The Mochican pottery of ancient Peru..depicts practically every petting and coital technique. 1959[see huaco]. 1961J. B. Priestley Saturn over Water v. 57 A monochrome ceramic, of the Mochica Culture, representing a warrior in ambush. 1965A. Emmerich Sweat of Sun & Tears of Moon ii. 15 The Mochica also continued the use of elaborate gold headdresses by important personages. 1967R. Peniston-Bird tr. Gallo's Gold of Peru 15 The Mochicans of the Peruvian coast..having as their centre the pyramids of the sun and moon at Moche developed the science of metallurgy before most of the Peruvian peoples. 1971L. A. Boger Dict. World Pott. & Porc. 229/2 The decoration on Mochica pottery which is painted or modeled or a combination of both, gives a vivid picture of the life and customs of the people. |