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单词 pae-pae
释义

pae-paen.3

Brit. /ˈpʌɪpʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈpaɪpaɪ/
Inflections: Plural pae-paes, unchanged.
Origin: A borrowing from Tahitian. Etymon: Tahitian pa'epa'e.
Etymology: < Tahitian pa'epa'e raft.
rare.
A type of Polynesian raft.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > vessels of primitive construction > [noun] > raft > types of raft
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1950 F. H. Lyon tr. T. Heyerdahl Kon-Tiki Expedition viii. 209 Pae-pae is the Polynesian word for ‘raft’ and ‘platform’, and on Easter Island it is also the word used for the natives' canoes.]
1958 T. Heyerdahl Aku-Aku x. 334 I was the man who had travelled to Raroia with my friends on a pae-pae.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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