1580s, from Danish Eskimo or Middle French Esquimaux (plural), both probably from an Algonquian word, such as Abenaki askimo (plural askimoak), Ojibwa ashkimeq, traditionally said to mean literally "eaters of raw meat," from Proto-Algonquian *ask- "raw" + *-imo "eat." Research from 1980s in linguistics of the region suggests this derivation, though widely credited there, might be inaccurate or incomplete, and the word might mean "snowshoe-netter." See also Innuit. Of language, from 1819. As an adjective by 1744. Eskimo pie "chocolate-coated ice cream bar" introduced 1922 and was initially a craze that drove up the price of cocoa beans on the New York market 50 percent in three months [F.L. Allen, "Only Yesterday," 1931].
雙語例句
1. Are you saying you gave your heart and soul to that eskimo pitch?
你敢說你在愛斯基摩那個廣告上盡全力了?
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2. What do you get when you cross a gay Eskimo and a black guy?
當你遇到一個愛斯基摩同性戀和一個黑人的時候,會發生 什么 ?
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3. An Eskimo is ill - fitted for living in the tropics.
愛斯基摩人不適于在熱帶生活.
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4. It must be said in justification of the Eskimo men.
這肯定都是為愛斯基摩人的辯解.
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5. Her Eskimo name is Miyax while her English name is Julie.