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Eskimo

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Nationality & race
Es·ki·mo /ˈeskəməʊ $ -moʊ/ noun (plural Eskimo or Eskimos) [countable] old-fashioned  SANan Inuit (=someone who belongs to a race of people living in the very cold northern areas of North America). Many people now consider this word offensive. 爱斯基摩人〔现在许多人认为该词具有冒犯性〕
Examples from the Corpus
EskimoHer name was Avavnuk; she had been an Eskimo in her life.In the good old days, Eskimos used to wash their hair in urine and share a bowl of seal blood.He guided the Edmonton Eskimos to five Grey Cup championships.Just as the Eskimos had countless words for snow and ice, so too the Hawaiian language abounded in wave nomenclature.In comparison, the Eskimos got off cheap, though in a brutal way.
Origin Eskimo (1500-1600) Danish Eskimo and French Esquimaux, from Algonquian
Es·ki·mo nounChineseSyllable
Corpus to race an a belongs (=someone Inuit of who


Eskimo
Eskimo /ˈeskəməʊ, ˈeskɪməʊ $ -moʊ/ noun (plural Eskimo or Eskimos) [countable] old-fashioned
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Danish
 Origin: Eskimo and French Esquimaux, from Algonquian
an Inuit (=someone who belongs to a race of people living in the very cold northern areas of North America). Many people now consider this word offensive.


Es·kimoBrE /ˈeskɪməʊ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈeskɪmoʊ/ 🔊 noun (
plural
Es·kimo
or
Es·kimos
)
(sometimes offensive)
a member of a race of people from northern Canada, and parts of Alaska, Greenland and Siberia. Some of these people prefer to use the name Inuit. 爱斯基摩人(有些人喜欢 Inuit(因纽特人)这个名称)   compare Inuit