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sachem

英 ['seɪtʃəm; 'sætʃəm] 美

解释

n. 酋长；政党领袖；（美）坦慕尼协会的干事

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英文词源

sachem (n.): chief of an American Indian tribe, 1620s, from Narragansett (Algonquian) sachim "chief, ruler," cognate with Abenaki sangman, Delaware sakima, Micmac sakumow, Penobscot sagumo. Applied jocularly to a prominent member of any society from 1680s; specific political use in U.S. is from 1890, from its use as the title of the 12 high officials of the Tammany Society of New York.

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例句和用法

1. He could not go out to war as a sachem.: 首领的身份是不能够参加战争的.

2. No gens would have a chief or sachem from any gens but its own.: 任何氏族只能从本氏族中选出其酋帅或首领.

3. Let them come, if they like, be It'sagamore , sachem, or pow - wow .: 让他们来吧, 只要他们愿意,随便是谁, 萨加莫尔, 萨成, 庖沃.

4. The gens deposes the sachem and war - chief at will.: 氏族可以任意罢免酋长和酋帅.

5. The sixth sick sachem's sixth sheep's sick.: 第六位生病的酋长的第六只羊病了.