Carib
发音
How to pronounce Carib in British English:
英 ['kærɪb]
How to pronounce Carib in American English:
美 ['kærɪb]
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- Noun:
- a member of an American Indian peoples of northeastern South America and the Lesser Antilles
- the family of languages spoken by the Carib people
单词词源
- Carib (n.)
- 1550s, from Spanish Caribe, from Arawakan kalingo or kalino, said to mean "brave ones" or else "strong men." As an adjective by 1881.
双语例句
- 1. Prior to european contact , the island of trinidad was occupied by various amerindian tribes including the arawak-speaking nepoya and suppoya and the carib speaking yao .