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单词 Eskimo
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Eskimonoun [ C ]

uk/ˈes.kɪ.məʊ/us/ˈes.kə.moʊ/plural Eskimos or Eskimo

a member of a race of people who live in the cold northern areas of North America, Greenland, and Siberia

Note:
  • Some of these people consider the term Eskimo offensive, and prefer the word Inuit.

Examples from literature

  • Eating foods high in fat helps the Eskimos stay warm. 
  • Eskimos first lived in Alaska more than 7,000 years ago. 
  • Eskimos know how to live with freezing temperatures. 
  • Eskimos make fires inside the igloo and the snow keeps the heat in. 
  • Eskimos traditionally make their clothes from animal hair and animal skins. 
  • The Eskimos cut the ice into squares, and they use these to build the igloo. 
  • The Eskimos, called Inuits in some places, live in Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and northern Russia. 
  • The traditional Eskimo food is meat from animals such as seals, walruses, and whales. 
  • Today, most Eskimos live in modern houses in villages. 
  • You can learn about the Eskimo people and life in the town many years ago. 
  • A sledge with a fine team of dogs had also been placed at their disposal, and an intelligent young Eskimo, who could speak some English, was ready to guide them on their southward journey. 
  • During the summer months the Eskimo has to provide light and fuel for that long half-year of darkness within the igloo. 
  • No matter how poorly off he is, an Eskimo will feel quite offended if a visitor does not share with him what he has to eat. 
  • Then the little Eskimo children creep nearer to their father with certainty that a new story is in store for them. 
  • With the Eskimo was a fine breed of dogs, with erect ears, sharp noses, bushy tails. 

Eskimonoun [ C ]

us/ˈes·kəˌmoʊ/plural Eskimos also Inuit

a member of a group of people who live in the cold northern areas of North America, Russia, and Greenland

Note:
  • This word is considered offensive by some people. In Canada and Greenland, the preferred name is Inuit.
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