单词 | cliff-dweller |
释义 | cliff-dweller in British English (ˈklɪfˌdwɛlə) noun anthropology a member of a prehistoric people of the southwestern US who built shelters on the ledges of cliffs or in caves cliff dweller in American Englishnoun 1. (usually cap) a member of a prehistoric people of the southwestern U.S., who were ancestors of the Pueblo people and built shelters in caves or on the ledges of cliffs 2. a person who lives in an apartment house, esp. in a large city Derived forms cliff dwellingWord origin [1880–85, Amer.] |
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