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单词 powwow
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Definition of powwow in English:

powwow

noun ˈpaʊwaʊˈpaʊˌwaʊ
  • 1A North American Indian ceremony involving feasting, singing and dancing.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • How and when the powwow began is complex, embedded in ancient cultural heritage and symbolism.
    • Intertribal powwows featuring dance competitions are the ones at which visitors are most welcome.
    • The last time I had been in Red Lake I was with my mother, sister, nieces, nephews and in-laws for a powwow.
    • Based on the records of explorers, the Omaha Nation of Nebraska has been counting annual powwows for about 200 years.
    • Still, a powwow is more than just dancing, drumming and eating Indian tacos; it's a bonding experience for the Aboriginal community.
    • I became obsessed and took part in sweat lodge ceremonies, pipe ceremonies, powwows and other Aboriginal spiritual events.
    • Alcohol and drugs are banned from powwow sites, and some powwows are organized to celebrate sobriety.
    • We'll live in a tipi camp, learn about the plains environment, practice some traditional arts, attend a powwow, and hike in the splendour of the northern Rockies.
    • He said his nominator asked him to attend the powwow and participate in a Plains Cree ceremony.
    • Tipis routinely are transported to powwows, barter fairs and rendezvous on a truck's carrying racks.
    • That year, there was a national powwow with dances and ceremonies.
    • With a special pullout calendar of events, it encourages visitors to spend their tourist dollars by attending ethnic festivals or powwows, to feast on authentic cuisine and purchase artifacts from ethnic vendors.
    • West, a Southern Cheyenne chief, says the buckskin shirt he wears to powwows has a connection to the animal it came from.
    • Attend powwows and Métis festivals and talk to Elders.
    • In the past few decades, a rising interest in North American Plains culture has resurrected competition powwows on an extraordinary scale, bringing with it a huge demand for feathers.
    • I love the sound of Indian drums and chants at powwows and opera.
    • I ask if he would be so kind as to take me back to his tepee for a short powwow, and we walk down a sidewalk to a small patch of grass outside the rodeo arena.
    • Dance will be a major part of the powwow, with several rounds of exhibition and intertribal dancing - and lots of audience participation - on both days.
    • The park had denied permission allegedly because park rules stipulate that events must end by a specified time, whereas ‘a proper powwow goes on all night.’
    • Other Native American tribes have experienced a similar rebirth, adopting, for example, the powwows and dances of the Plains Indians even though these practices were not part of their lost tradition.
  • 2A conference or meeting for discussion, especially among friends or colleagues.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • One minute, he's in a strategic powwow with top executives, in the next, he's peppered with questions from financial news reporters.
    • Due to the divergent stances of the member nations, the annual powwow had difficulty reaching consensus on major international security issues and resolving economic problems.
    • After the crew ties the boats off to the right-hand bank and scouts the rapid, the two put their heads together for a powwow.
    • If things are as you say, you need to have a major powwow with your husband and discuss his relationship with his mother.
    • More than 200 people attended the institution's 32nd annual powwow which was held in conjunction with the workshop.
    Synonyms
    discussion, talk, chat, gossip, tête-à-tête, heart-to-heart, head-to-head, exchange, dialogue, parley, consultation, conference
verb ˈpaʊwaʊˈpaʊˌwaʊ
[no object]informal
  • Hold a powwow; confer.

    news squads powwowed nervously
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He will be powwowing with Fortune 500 executives, foreign leaders, and banking magnates, too.
    • They hung around one night after the shelter closed and powwowed about ‘the three most pressing topics we wanted to raise at the staff meeting,’ she says.
    • The leaders of both sides of the argument will powwow in Miami.
    • At one point during the annual sales powwow at a San Francisco convention center in August, a wizened Chambers came out from behind the podium to be closer to the 10,000 salespeople.
    • In a meeting of altruistic minds at Stanford University last spring, 80 members of the tourism, academic, and NGO worlds powwowed on the subject of global giving.
    Synonyms
    talk, gossip, chatter, chitter-chatter, speak, converse, have a conversation, engage in conversation, tittle-tattle, prattle, jabber, jibber-jabber, babble, prate, go on, run on

Origin

Early 17th century: from Narragansett powah, powwaw 'magician' (literally 'he dreams').

Rhymes

bow-wow
 
 

Definition of powwow in US English:

powwow

nounˈpouˌwouˈpaʊˌwaʊ
  • 1A North American Indian ceremony involving feasting, singing and dancing.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Still, a powwow is more than just dancing, drumming and eating Indian tacos; it's a bonding experience for the Aboriginal community.
    • Other Native American tribes have experienced a similar rebirth, adopting, for example, the powwows and dances of the Plains Indians even though these practices were not part of their lost tradition.
    • We'll live in a tipi camp, learn about the plains environment, practice some traditional arts, attend a powwow, and hike in the splendour of the northern Rockies.
    • I ask if he would be so kind as to take me back to his tepee for a short powwow, and we walk down a sidewalk to a small patch of grass outside the rodeo arena.
    • The last time I had been in Red Lake I was with my mother, sister, nieces, nephews and in-laws for a powwow.
    • The park had denied permission allegedly because park rules stipulate that events must end by a specified time, whereas ‘a proper powwow goes on all night.’
    • He said his nominator asked him to attend the powwow and participate in a Plains Cree ceremony.
    • Attend powwows and Métis festivals and talk to Elders.
    • I love the sound of Indian drums and chants at powwows and opera.
    • That year, there was a national powwow with dances and ceremonies.
    • Tipis routinely are transported to powwows, barter fairs and rendezvous on a truck's carrying racks.
    • In the past few decades, a rising interest in North American Plains culture has resurrected competition powwows on an extraordinary scale, bringing with it a huge demand for feathers.
    • How and when the powwow began is complex, embedded in ancient cultural heritage and symbolism.
    • West, a Southern Cheyenne chief, says the buckskin shirt he wears to powwows has a connection to the animal it came from.
    • Intertribal powwows featuring dance competitions are the ones at which visitors are most welcome.
    • With a special pullout calendar of events, it encourages visitors to spend their tourist dollars by attending ethnic festivals or powwows, to feast on authentic cuisine and purchase artifacts from ethnic vendors.
    • Alcohol and drugs are banned from powwow sites, and some powwows are organized to celebrate sobriety.
    • Based on the records of explorers, the Omaha Nation of Nebraska has been counting annual powwows for about 200 years.
    • Dance will be a major part of the powwow, with several rounds of exhibition and intertribal dancing - and lots of audience participation - on both days.
    • I became obsessed and took part in sweat lodge ceremonies, pipe ceremonies, powwows and other Aboriginal spiritual events.
  • 2A conference or meeting for discussion, especially among friends or colleagues.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • After the crew ties the boats off to the right-hand bank and scouts the rapid, the two put their heads together for a powwow.
    • One minute, he's in a strategic powwow with top executives, in the next, he's peppered with questions from financial news reporters.
    • If things are as you say, you need to have a major powwow with your husband and discuss his relationship with his mother.
    • Due to the divergent stances of the member nations, the annual powwow had difficulty reaching consensus on major international security issues and resolving economic problems.
    • More than 200 people attended the institution's 32nd annual powwow which was held in conjunction with the workshop.
    Synonyms
    discussion, talk, chat, gossip, tête-à-tête, heart-to-heart, head-to-head, exchange, dialogue, parley, consultation, conference
verbˈpouˌwouˈpaʊˌwaʊ
[no object]informal
  • Hold a powwow; confer.

    news squads powwowed nervously
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They hung around one night after the shelter closed and powwowed about ‘the three most pressing topics we wanted to raise at the staff meeting,’ she says.
    • In a meeting of altruistic minds at Stanford University last spring, 80 members of the tourism, academic, and NGO worlds powwowed on the subject of global giving.
    • At one point during the annual sales powwow at a San Francisco convention center in August, a wizened Chambers came out from behind the podium to be closer to the 10,000 salespeople.
    • The leaders of both sides of the argument will powwow in Miami.
    • He will be powwowing with Fortune 500 executives, foreign leaders, and banking magnates, too.
    Synonyms
    talk, gossip, chatter, chitter-chatter, speak, converse, have a conversation, engage in conversation, tittle-tattle, prattle, jabber, jibber-jabber, babble, prate, go on, run on

Origin

Early 17th century: from Narragansett powah, powwaw ‘magician’ (literally ‘he dreams’).

 
 
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