powwow 音标拼音: [p'ɑʊw
, ɑʊ]
n . 仪式,巫师,医师
vi . 举行仪式,商谈
vt . 用巫术医治
仪式,巫师,医师举行仪式,商谈用巫术医治
powwow n 1 : (
informal )
a quick private conference [
synonym : {
huddle },
{
powwow }]
2 :
a council of or with Native Americans v 1 :
hold a powwow ,
talk ,
conference or meeting Powwow \
Pow "
wow `\,
n .
1 .
A priest ,
or conjurer ,
among the North American Indians .
[
1913 Webster ]
Be it sagamore ,
sachem ,
or powwow . --
Longfellow .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Conjuration attended with great noise and confusion ,
and often with feasting ,
dancing ,
etc .,
performed by Indians for the cure of diseases ,
to procure success in hunting or in war ,
and for other purposes .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
Hence :
Any assembly characterized by noise and confusion ;
a noisy frolic or gathering . [
Archaic ,
formerly Colloq .
U .
S .]
[
1913 Webster ]
4 .
Any meeting assembled to discuss an issue ;
a parley .
[
Informal ]
[
PJC ]
Powwow \
Pow "
wow `\,
v .
i .
1 .
To use conjuration ,
with noise and confusion ,
for the cure of disease ,
etc .,
as among the North American Indians .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Hence :
To hold a noisy ,
disorderly meeting . [
Archaic ,
formerly Colloq .
U .
S .]
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
To hold a meeting to discuss an issue . [
Informal ]
[
PJC ]
71 Moby Thesaurus words for "
powwow ":
advise ,
advise with ,
audience ,
bargain ,
bargaining ,
bargaining session ,
call in ,
collogue ,
compare notes ,
conclave ,
confab ,
confabulate ,
confabulation ,
confer ,
confer with ,
conference ,
confrontation ,
congress ,
constitutional convention ,
consult ,
consult with ,
consultation ,
convention ,
council ,
council fire ,
council of war ,
counsel ,
county convention ,
deliberate ,
discuss ,
discuss with ,
discussion ,
exchange observations ,
exchange of views ,
exchange views ,
eyeball -
to -
eyeball encounter ,
have conversations ,
high -
level talk ,
hold conference ,
huddle ,
interchange of views ,
interview ,
meeting ,
national convention ,
negotiate ,
negotiations ,
news conference ,
nominating convention ,
palaver ,
parley ,
political convention ,
pourparler ,
preliminary convention ,
press conference ,
put heads together ,
quadrennial circus ,
reason with ,
refer to ,
seance ,
session ,
sit down together ,
sit down with ,
sitting ,
state convention ,
summit ,
summit conference ,
summitry ,
take counsel ,
take up with ,
talk over ,
treat
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