| 单词 | winter count |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswinter count winter count n. (with reference to the practices of North American Indians, esp. Plains Indians) a pictorial record or chronicle usually consisting of pictograms depicting the main event or events of each year, painted on an animal hide, piece of cloth, etc.; = year count n. 2. [After Lakota waníyetu iyáwapi ( < waníyetu winter, year + iyáwapi something which counts or is counted; < iyáwa to count + -pi, suffix forming nouns).] ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > pictorial, etc., records > [noun] > pictorial record winter count1886 year count1972 1886 Amer. Naturalist 20 215 This last statement is confirmed by the Dakota winter-counts in Dr. Corbusier's collection. 1895 W. J. Hoffman Beginnings of Writing 35 These chronological records are designated ‘winter counts’, as each event covers that period of time between the end of one summer and the beginning of the next. 1943 Amer. Anthropologist 45 69 The Teton winter counts sometimes recorded in pictures events of general importance, but more often they mirrored the personal interest..of the men who kept them. 2016 Targeted News Service (Nexis) 29 Feb. Artists also began pictorially recording significant events from each prior year; these became known as ‘winter counts’. < as lemmas |
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