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calumet的意思
calumet
英 ['kljmet]
美 ['klj,mt]
- n. 北美土人所用之一种烟斗；和平的象征
英文词源
- calumet (n.)
- 1660s, from Canadian French calumet, from Norman French calumet "pipe" (Old French chalemel, 12c., Modern French chalumeau), from Latin calamellus, diminutive of calamus "reed; something made of reed or shaped like a reed" (see shawm).