abeng

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /əˈbɛŋ/|/æ-/    美 /əˈbɛŋ/|/æ-/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An animal (usually bull) horn used by the Maroon people of Jamaica as a musical instrument; and also (historical) formerly by slaveholders to summon slaves to canefields and by the Maroon army to communicate cryptic messages over great distances. Jamaica

词形变化

abengs plural

词源

Borrowed from Jamaican Creole abeng, from Akan abɛŋ (“animal horn; wind instrument”) (Twi).
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