单词 | maki |
释义 | makin.1 Now rare. A lemur (lemur n. 2). Cf. macauco n.Quot. 1925 refers to the flying lemur or colugo, Cynocephalus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [noun] > member of suborder Prosimii (lemurs, etc.) > member of family Lemuridae > genus Lemur (lemur) macaco1774 maki1774 mocock1791 lemur1795 magpie-maki1890 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 242 The maki kind in some measure seem to unite the fox and the monkey. 1797 Encycl. Brit. IX. 785/2 The catta, or ring-tailed maki, inhabits Madagascar and the neighbouring isles. 1839 Penny Cycl. XIII. 419/1 The Makis, or Macaucos, properly so called, Lemur. 1886 Encycl. Brit. XX. 492/2 The fauna of Réunion is not very rich in variety of species... The mammals are a brown maki (Lemur mongoz, Linn.) from Madagascar, [etc.]. 1925 Sci. Monthly Jan. 16 In the forests of the East Indies there lives the flying maki, or Galeopithecus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). makin.2 = maki zushi n. ΚΠ 1979 Gourmet Sept. 121/2 Sushi. California maki... Lunch & dinner à la carte. 1992 D. Coupland Shampoo Planet xxxi. 143 We chat for a few minutes over diet colas and cucumber maki rolls. 1997 New Yorker 7 July 12/1 It boasts a three-table back yard and maki that haunts dreams, like the kinota-eel appetizer (eel wrapped in cucumber instead of the usual nori). This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11774n.21979 |
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