单词 | Kurile |
释义 | Kurile, n. and a.|ˈkjuːriːl| [f. the Kurile islands, a chain of small islands stretching northwards from Japan to Kamchatka, since 1945 held by the U.S.S.R.] A. n. A native or inhabitant of the Kurile islands. B. adj. Of or pertaining to these islands or this people. Hence Kuˈrilian a. and n.
1764J. Grieve tr. Krasheninnikov's Hist. Kamtschatka i. i. 19 When the ice is carried thither with the beavers on it, then the Kuriles, who follow the ice along the shore, assemble here in great multitudes. 1819,1843[see Ainu]. 1845Encycl. Metrop. XXV. 866/2 A small portion of the continent..opposite to the Isle of Sakhalyin..is occupied by the Aïnos or Kuríls, whose Isles extend from Japan to the Southern extremity of Kamchatka. 1875Encycl. Brit. I. 426/2 The Ainos..are distinguished by an exuberance of hair on the head and body, a circumstance which has given rise to their name of ‘Hairy Kuriles’. |

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