| 释义 |
Danakil, n. and a.|ˈdænəkɪl, dəˈnɑːkɪl|
Also Dankali |dæŋˈkɑːlɪ|.
[Cushitic.]
A. n.
a. A member of a widely spread Hamitic people of north-eastern Ethiopia.
b. The language of this people.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to this people, their language, or the areas they inhabit.
1875Encycl. Brit. I. 61/1 Abyssinia..may be regarded as..having..E., the territory of the Danakils. 1885Ibid. XVIII. 778/2 The third or Ethiopic division [of the Hamitic Family] includes as its chief members the Beja or Bíshárín, the Saho, the Dankali..the first two lying along the Red Sea north of Semitic Abyssinia, the others south of it, to the equator. 1902Ibid. XXXII. 703/2 The native population [of French Somaliland] is either of the Danakil or of the Galla race. 1910Ibid. I. 85/2 The Danakil lowlands have a hot, dry climate producing semi-desert conditions. 1934L. M. Nesbitt Desert & Forest 11 The territory inhabited by the Danakils is divided into two parts by the frontier separating Abyssinia from Eritrea. 1936G. B. Shaw Simpleton of Unexpected Isles Pref. 4 The Abyssinian Danakil kills a stranger at sight. 1937― Platform & Pulpit (1962) 283 In Abyssinia a Danakil woman will not marry a man until he proves that he has at least four homicides to his credit. 1961D. Bates Fly-switch from Sultan xviii. 102 Some splendid savages called the Danakil, who hovered around us eyeing our private parts with a predatory eye and a sharp knife. 1969Times 16 Sept. (Somali Republic Suppl.) p. ii/6 Nearly half the population of the territory are Somalis of the Issa ethnic division who overflow into the Somali Republic and into Ethiopia, and the other half are Muslim Dankalis (or Afars) who also spread into Ethiopia. |