Gentoo

名词 n. 专有名词
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A non-Muslim inhabitant of India, a Hindu; specifically, in Southern India, an ethnic-Telugu. historical
    — The Greeks, and all the Celtic nations, accordingly, burned the bodies of the dead, as the Gentoos do at this day; while the Egyptians, among whom fuel was extremely scarce, placed them in pyramidal monuments, which were the symbols of fire; hence come those prodigious structures which still adorn that country.
  2. The gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua), a species of penguin.
专有名词
  1. The Telugu language. historical

词形变化

Gentoos plural

词源

词源 1
Of Anglo-Indian origin (17th century), apparently a borrowing from Portuguese gentio (“heathen”) (compare gentile (“pagan”)).
词源 2
Of Anglo-Indian origin (17th century), apparently a borrowing from Portuguese gentio (“heathen”) (compare gentile (“pagan”)).
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