| 释义 |
del·a·ware
I. \ˈdeləˌwa(a)](ə)r, -ˌwe], ]ə; -_wə(r)\ noun
(plural delaware or delawares)
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from the Delaware river
1.
a. : an Indian people of New Jersey, New York, and parts of eastern Pennsylvania and northern Delaware
b. : a member of such people
2. : the Algonquian language of the Delaware people
II. adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from Delaware, middle Atlantic state of the U.S., from the Delaware river, after Thomas West, Lord Delaware (Baron De La Warr) died 1618 colonial administrator in America
: of or from the state of Delaware : of the kind or style prevalent in Delaware
III. noun
(-s)
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from Delaware state
: one of a breed of white dual-purpose fowls used especially for broiler production that have faint black barring on hackles and tail and developed in Delaware from off-color sports produced in a cross between barred Plymouth Rock and New Hampshire fowls |