| 单词 | snow-snake |
| 释义 | > as lemmassnow-snake snow-snake n. (also snow-snakes) North American ‘an Indian game played with a straight wooden rod having a weighted head resembling that of a snake, this rod being slid over a smooth field of snow or down specially constructed runways; the rod used in this game’ ( Dict. Canadianisms). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > other snow sports > [noun] snow-snake1844 snow-shoeing1884 snowmobiling1964 ski-bobbing1966 tubing1975 snow-snaking1979 snowboard cross1996 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > other snow sports > [noun] > equipment snow-snake1844 ski-bob1966 snowboard1983 1844 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 1 327 They [sc. Cherokee Indians]..in winter amuse themselves with their snow-snakes, which are long smooth sticks of hard wood..which they send to an extraordinary distance over the smooth surface of the snow. 1889 Trans. Royal Soc. Canada 1888 6 ii. 44 If this is the game spoken of by other writers as ‘Snow-snakes’, there is nothing in the [Wabanaki] name to so indicate. 1959 E. Tunis Indians 56/2 Snow snake was played by all the northern tribes on a level track made by dragging a log or a boy through the snow. 1973 M. R. Crowell Greener Pastures 81 The wall photograph..of Indians playing the venerable game of snow~snake. 1978 Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ont.) 11 Feb. a8/1 The snow snake is a smooth, thin stick about 2m long. It is thrown along a crust of smooth, hard snow. The player whose snake slides the farthest is the winner. < as lemmas |
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