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单词 powwow
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powwow
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To powwow or have a powwow is to have a quick meeting. People powwow when they need to discuss something.
Originally, powwow was a Native American term for a type of meeting or council. The term has since become a more general term for meetings and conferences, especially brief ones. Football players in a huddle are having a powwow. Two police officers may powwow before approaching a suspect. Anytime there's something to discuss and debate, you might need to powwow. At the end of a powwow, you should come to some kind of decision.
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powwow: powwowed, powwowing, powwows
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The powwow is the one of the world’s largest gatherings of Native Americans and indigenous people.
Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016)
Made almost a decade before “Smoke Signals,” the lesser-known “Powwow Highway” is also a road movie.
Salon(Nov 25, 2016)
He’s referring specifically to “around 250 white supremacists” who celebrated Trump’s victory at a Washington powwow Saturday.
Wall Street Journal(Nov 25, 2016)
1n a council of or with Native Americans
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council
a meeting of people for consultation
2n (informal) a quick private conference
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huddle
conference, group discussion
a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic
3v hold a powwow, talk, conference or meeting
Hyper
discuss, hash out, talk over
speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion
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