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单词 malamute
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Definition of malamute in English:

malamute

(also malemute)
nounˈmaləmjuːtˈmaləˌmyo͞ot
  • A powerful dog of a breed with a thick, grey coat, bred by the Inuit and used to pull sledges.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I grinned at him like some overgrown, two-legged malamute and he grinned back sure enough.
    • Most of the malemutes are half-wolf at least.
    • The malamute enjoyed hard work and preferred to unload their cargoes as manually as he could get away with.
    • I am most fortunate to have two large, beautiful, eight year old malamutes.
    • They're the sprinters, he says, whereas malamutes are sloggers, which were used in days of yore for hauling heavy freight.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Inuit malimiut, the name of a people of western Alaska, who developed the breed.

 
 

Definition of malamute in US English:

malamute

(also malemute)
nounˈmaləˌmyo͞ot
  • A powerful dog of a breed with a thick gray coat, bred by the Inuit and typically used to pull sleds.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The malamute enjoyed hard work and preferred to unload their cargoes as manually as he could get away with.
    • I grinned at him like some overgrown, two-legged malamute and he grinned back sure enough.
    • Most of the malemutes are half-wolf at least.
    • I am most fortunate to have two large, beautiful, eight year old malamutes.
    • They're the sprinters, he says, whereas malamutes are sloggers, which were used in days of yore for hauling heavy freight.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Inuit malimiut, the name of a people of western Alaska, who developed the breed.

 
 
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