| 释义 |
Panaman, n. and a.|ˈpænəmən|
[f. Panama + -an.]
= Panamanian a. and n. Also Paˈnamic a.
1901W. H. Dall in Proc. U.S. Nat. Museum XXIII. 285 The northern limit of the Panamic fauna is Point Conception, California. 1904Sun (N.Y.) 25 Feb. 2/6 The constitution settled the question of what the people of that republic are to be called by specifying that they are ‘Panamans’. 1906W. F. Johnson Four Centuries of Panama Canal (1907) xx. 360 The Panaman sense of justice is as highly cultivated, and the Panaman sensitiveness to and resentment of injustice are as keen as our own. 1913E. Peixotto Pacific Shores from Panama 26 Verandas..overhang all the thoroughfares, and the indolent Panamans spend much of their time upon them or lounging about the..cafés and hostelries. 1937Times Lit. Suppl. 22 May 397/3 The friction between Yanqui indifference to diplomatic etiquette and Panaman pride are all candidly described here. |