mahout

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /məˈhaʊt/|/məˈhuːt/    美 /məˈhaʊt/|/məˈhut/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An elephant trainer, keeper, and driver. South-Asia
    — The Serrievvan hath the overſight of the Camels, and the Mahout, that of the Elephants.
动词 v.
  1. To drive (an elephant or elephants). transitive
    — Word was passed down the river, the call going out for the bravest of Brul mahouting only the strongest of mounts.
  2. To drive elephants. intransitive
    — First a team of six ponied pulling a miniature fire engine jumping with midget firefighters, then a dozen scantily mahouted elephants painted pink, came out of the arc light and sawdut into neon glow and mirroring asphalt.

词形变化

mahouts plural mahouts present,singular,third-person mahouting participle,present mahouted participle,past mahouted past

词源

词源 1
PIE word
*méǵh₂s
The noun is borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi महौत (mahaut)/Urdu مَہَوت (mahaut)), महाउत (mahāut), variants of महावत (mahāvat)/مَہاوَت (mahāvat), from Sanskrit महामात्र (mahāmātra, “elephant keeper; high official; king’s minister”), from महा (mahā, “great”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”)) + मात्र (mātra, “measure; quantity”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”)).
The verb is derived from the noun.
词源 2
PIE word
*méǵh₂s
The noun is borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi महौत (mahaut)/Urdu مَہَوت (mahaut)), महाउत (mahāut), variants of महावत (mahāvat)/مَہاوَت (mahāvat), from Sanskrit महामात्र (mahāmātra, “elephant keeper; high official; king’s minister”), from महा (mahā, “great”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”)) + मात्र (mātra, “measure; quantity”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”)).
The verb is derived from the noun.
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