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单词 Chimu
释义

Chimu

/tʃiːˈmuː /
noun (plural same or Chimus)
1A member of an indigenous people of Peru that developed the most important civilization before the Incas.Pachakuti's son Topa defeated the Chimu in ad 1463, thereby removing the last serious obstacle to Inca dominance of the Andes....
  • The ahipa was also depicted on the embroidered cloaks, knitted textiles, and imaginatively sculpted and painted ceramics produced by such thriving pre-Columbian societies as the Nazca, the Moche, and the Chimu.
  • The Chimus left the most beautiful pre-Inca piece of architecture: the City of Chan-Chan.
2 [mass noun] The extinct language of the Chimu.
adjective
Relating to the Chimu or their language.The Chimu capital, Chanchan, was a meticulously laid out 14-square-mile city with 40-foot clay walls featuring intricate, repeated patterns of birds, fish, and geometrical shapes....
  • In early Peru, the Incas, the Mochica and the Chimu peoples - among others - occupied territories that were largely steep mountains and desert, both unsuited for the wheel.
  • Surmounting the stepped installation furniture in this section was a Pre-Columbian mummified male body from the Chimu culture of Peru.

Origin

From Spanish.

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