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 calumet ['kæljʊ`mɛt]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 长管烟斗(印第安人用)

  1. The calumet, also known as peace pipe, seals their decisions.
    他们使用的烟斗叫做“和睦烟斗”,“和睦烟斗”意味着会议决定已形成。


calumet
[ noun ]
a highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians; smoked on ceremonial occasions (especially as a token of peace)
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Calumet \Cal"u*met\, n. [F. calumet, fr. L. calamus reed. See
{Halm}, and cf. {Shawm}.]
A kind of pipe, used by the North American Indians for
smoking tobacco. The bowl is usually made of soft red stone,
and the tube is a long reed often ornamented with feathers.

Smoked the calumet, the Peace pipe,
As a signal to the nations. --Lowgfellow.

Note: The calumet is used as a symbol of peace. To accept the
calumet is to agree to terms of peace, and to refuse it
is to reject them. The calumet of peace is used to seal
or ratify contracts and alliances, and as an evidence
to strangers that they are welcome.

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