单词 | Chinook |
释义 | Chinooknoun Chi·nook shə-ˈnu̇k -ˈnük chə- plural Chinook or Chinooks 1 : a member of an American Indian people of the north shore of the Columbia River at its mouth 2 : a Chinookan language of the Chinook and other nearby peoples 3 or less commonly chinook a : a warm moist southwest wind of the coast from Oregon northward b : a warm dry wind that descends the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains 4 or less commonly chinook : chinook salmon 5 : any of a rare breed of large, muscular dogs that were developed in New Hampshire in the early 1900s as sled and working dogs and have a yellow, reddish-yellow, or yellowish-brown coat and calm temperament Among the dogs he [Arthur Treadwell Walden] used for breeding the Chinook were descendants of Admiral Peary's Greenland expedition huskies, along with mastiff-types. John Nolan |
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