cay.use
n.Pacific Northwest (名词)【太平洋西北部】 A horse, especially an Indian pony.马:一种马,尤指印第安种的小马
来源:Short for cayuse pony cayuse pony的简写 from Cayuse 源自 Cayuse
<注释>The nouncayuse comes from the name of the Cayuse people in the Pacific Northwest. Cayuse is used chiefly in the territory of the word`s origin—the states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho—although its use has also spread into other Western states. A verb meaning .to buck,. derived from the noun,is cited by Ramon F. Adams inOld-Time Cowhand (9'): .What cowboys in other sections calledbuckin`, the Texan called pitchin`, and a term used in South Texas, though seldom heard in other sections, wascayusein`. . 名词cayuse 源自太平洋西北部卡尤塞人的名字。 Cayuse 一词主要在该词的起源地区——华盛顿州、俄勒冈州和衣阿华州使用——尽管它也被其它一些西部州使用。 从名词引申的动词意为.碰撞.,被拉门·F·亚当斯在过去时代的牛仔 (9'年)中引用: .牛仔们在其它地区称为buckin`, 得克萨斯人称 pitchin`, 而在南得克萨斯经常使用, 在其他地区很少听到的一个词是cayusein` . 注释>