Question

用英语解释几个单词

1）iroquors
2）archaeologu
3)algonquian
4)mayan
5)artifacts
用英语解释这几个单词的意思

Answer 1

1）iroquors： a member of any of a group of North American Indian peoples formerly living between the Hudson River and the St Lawrence and Lake Erie - See also Five Nations Six Nations

2）archaeologu：the study of man's past by scientific analysis of the material remains of his cultures - See also prehistory protohistory

3)algonquian： a family of North American Indian languages whose speakers ranged over an area stretching from the Atlantic between Newfoundland and Delaware to the Rocky Mountains, including Micmac, Mahican, Ojibwa, Fox, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, and Shawnee. Some linguists relate it to Muskogean in a Macro-Algonquian phylum

4)mayan：# 1. adj of, relating to, or characteristic of the Maya or any of their languages

# 2. n a family of Central American Indian languages, including Maya, possibly a member of the Penutian phylum

# 3. n another name for a Maya

5)artifacts： a variant spelling of artefact

Answer 2

1. Iroquois 易洛魁族人
2. archaeology 考古学
3. Algonquin 阿尔冈琴人
4. Mayan 玛雅人
5. artifacts 古董

Answer 3

1. Iroquois 易洛魁族人
2. archaeology 考古学
3. Algonquin 阿尔冈琴人
4. Mayan 玛雅人
5. artifacts 史前古器物

Answer 4

1）iroquors 英文里没有这个单词，只有法文里有，应该是iroquois吧？
Iroquois: an American Indian confederacy originally of New York consisting of the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca and later including the Tuscarora

2）archaeologu 应该是 archaeology
archaeology: the scientific study of material remains (as fossil relics, artifacts, and monuments) of past human life and activities

3)algonquian: a family of American Indian languages spoken by peoples from Labrador to Carolina and westward into the Great Plains

4)mayan: an extensive language family of Central America and Mexico

5)artifacts: something created by humans usually for a practical purpose ; especially : an object remaining from a particular period