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单词 potlatch
释义 potlatch
 /pot"lach/,  n.  
  1. (among American Indians of the northern Pacific coast, esp. the Kwakiutl) a ceremonial festival at which gifts are bestowed on the guests and property is destroyed by its owner in a show of wealth that the guests later attempt to surpass.
  2.  Pacific Northwest.   a party or celebration.
 [1835-45; < Chinook Jargon pátlac, pálac < Nootka palpa- (redupl. of PA- make ceremonial gifts in potlatch) + -c suffix marking iterative aspect]
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