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mohawk

/moh-hawk/US // ˈmoʊ hɔk //UK // (ˈməʊhɔːk) //

莫霍克,莫霍克人,莫西干,莫哈克

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural Mo·hawks, Mo·hawk.

    • : a member of a tribe of the most easterly of the Iroquois Five Nations, formerly resident along the Mohawk River, New York.
    • : the Iroquoian language of the Mohawk Indians.
    • : a river flowing E from central New York to the Hudson. 148 miles long.
    • : Also called Mohawk haircut. a hairstyle in which the head is shaved bare except for a strip of hair, usually with blunt, brushlike ends, down the center of the scalp from the forehead to the nape of the neck.
    • : Military. a twin turboprop, two-seat U.S. Army aircraft fitted with cameras, radar, and infrared sensors and designed to monitor enemy operations.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Her uniform—strapless white bra, blue jeans, suspenders, and fiery red mohawk—evokes the era of Desperately Seeking Susan.

  • She wowed the crowd at a Tumblr party at The Mohawk with her soaring vocals and animated stage presence.

  • Early Thursday morning, a sedan ran over a crowd of people outside of the Mohawk in Downtown Austin, Texas, during SXSW.

  • The accident occurred between 9th Street and Red River outside The Mohawk, a celebrated outdoor music venue.

  • A gentle boy with curly hair slicked back into a mini mohawk, he recounted a recurring nightmare.

  • Judge White, with his family, having ascended the Mohawk river, landed at the mouth of the Sauquoit.

  • The prefixed term Caho, it may be observed, is their name for the lower and principal falls of the Mohawk.

  • The shrill cry of revelry or war, no more is heard on the majestic shores of the Hudson, or the sweet banks of the silver Mohawk.

  • This village, well known through the firm of the Remingtons, is on the south bank of the Mohawk, twelve miles from Utica.

  • Shove in the canoe nigher to the land, Uncas; this sand will take a stamp as easily as the butter of the Jarmans on the Mohawk.