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pemmican的意思
pemmican
英 ['pemɪk(ə)n]
美 ['pɛmɪkən]
- n. 摘要，要旨；干肉饼（北美印地安人的一种主要食品）
英文词源
- pemmican (n.)
- 1791, from Cree (Algonquian) /pimihka:n/ from /pimihke:w/ "he makes grease," from pimiy "grease, fat." Lean meat, dried, pounded and mixed with congealed fat and ground berries and formed into cakes used on long journeys. Also used figuratively for "extremely condensed thought or matter."