Chinook

名词 chinook:

1. a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies
   同义词：chinook wind, snow eater
2. a member of an important North American Indian people who controlled the mouth of the Columbia river; they were organized into settlements rather than tribes
3. pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon
   同义词：chinook salmon, king salmon
4. a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook
   同义词：Chinookan
5. large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning
   同义词：chinook salmon, king salmon, quinnat salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Chi.nook

n.（名词）
【复数】 Chinook 或 Chi.nooks

A Native American people formerly inhabiting the lower Columbia River valley and adjoining coastal regions of Washington and Oregon, now located in western Washington. The Chinook traded widely throughout the Pacific Northwest.
奇努克部落：一支美洲土著部落，原居住在哥伦比亚河下游河谷以及附近华盛顿州和俄勒冈州的沿海地区，现在分布在华盛顿州西部。奇努克人在太平洋西北岸各处的贸易活动广泛
A member of this people.
奇努克人：这个部落的成员
The Chinookan language of the Chinook.
奇努克语：奇努克人所用的奇努克语

Any of various Chinookan-speaking peoples formerly inhabiting the Columbia River valley eastward to The Dalles and now located in southern Washington and northern Oregon.
奇努克语部落：说奇努克语的部落原居住在哥伦比亚河谷向东直到大峡谷，现在分布在美国华盛顿州南部和俄勒冈州北部
A member of any of these peoples.
说奇努克语的人：这些部落中的成员
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A moist, warm wind blowing from the sea on the northwest U.S. coast.
奇努克风：从海洋吹向美国西北部海岸的潮湿暖风
A warm, dry wind that descends from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, causing a rapid rise in temperature.
奇努克风：从落基山脉东坡吹下的会引起气温迅速上升的干燥暖风

来源：
Chehalis (Salishan) c`inuk
切哈利斯语（萨利希人） c`inuk