Mackinaw

释义

• n. 方格厚毛毯；双排钮厚呢短衣

词源

Mackinaw

type of boat used on the Great Lakes, 1812, from Mackinac, name of a port and island in Michigan, from Ojibway (Algonquian) mitchimakinak "many turtles," from mishiin- "be many" + mikinaak "snapping turtle." As a type of heavy blanket given to the Indians by the U.S. government, it is attested from 1822.

例句

• 1. Then he saw a big man a workman's cap and a mackinaw limping slowly toward him. 这时,他看见一个大个子,戴着工人帽,穿着粗布衣服,一步一拐,慢慢地向他走来.