abominable snowman
名词 n.
美 /əˈbɑm.ə.nə.bl̩ ˈsnoʊ.mæn/|/əˈbɑm.nə.bl̩ ˈsnoʊ.mæn/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas.
— The Abominable Snowman – existing and not existing, flickering at the edges of blizzards, apelike man or manlike ape, stealthy, elusive, known only through rumours and through its backward-pointing footprints.
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词源
First attested in 1921. Calque of Tibetan མི་སྡུག་གངས་མི (mi sdug gangs mi), from མི་སྡུག (mi sdug, “repulsive, unlovely, ugly, hideous”) and གངས་མི (gangs mi, “snowman”).
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