canoe: [16] Like cannibal, canoe is a word of Caribbean origin. In the language of the local Carib people it was canaoua, and it passed via Arawakan into Spanish (recorded by Christopher Columbus) as canoa. That was the form in which it first came into English; modern canoe is due to the influence of French canoe. Originally, the word was used for referring to any simple boat used by ‘primitive’ tribes; it was not until the late 18th century that a more settled idea of what we would today recognize as a canoe began to emerge.
canoe (n.)
1550s, originally in a West Indian context, from Spanish canoa, a term used by Columbus, from Arawakan (Haiti) canaoua. Extended to rough-made or dugout boats generally. Early variants in English included cano, canow, canoa, etc., before spelling settled down c. 1600.
canoe (v.)
1842, from canoe (n.). Related: Canoed; canoing.
雙語例句
1. We beached the canoe, running it right up the bank.
我們把獨木舟徑直劃到岸邊，并拖上岸。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Let's fingerprint the canoe, see if we come up with anything.
讓我們提取一下獨木舟上的指紋，看看能不能有什么發現。
來自柯林斯例句
3. We attempted to manoeuvre the canoe closer to him.
我們試圖讓獨木舟靠他更近一些。
來自柯林斯例句
4. His canoe was there, on the river below the rapids.