| 释义 |
‖ orignal|ɒˈrɪnjəl|
[Canadian Fr., alteration of Basque oregna stag, pl. oregnac (Hatz.-Darm.).
Littré cites from Lescarbot Hist. de la Nouvelle France (1615) xx, that the Basques landing on the American coasts gave to the American elk the name orenac, and that orenac in Basque meant ‘stag’.]
A Canadian name of the American moose.
1775J. Anderson Ess. Agric. 462 In North America they have a species of deer, called by the natives Orignial or Aurignial..probably the Moose-deer. 1787Jefferson Notes on Virginia 88 The animals called..grey and black moose, caribou, orignal, and elk. |