| 单词 | Iowan |
| 释义 | Iowan, n. and a.|ˈaɪəwən|
Also formerly Iowaian (from the pronunciation Ioway of Iowa, which is still heard.)
[f. Iowa, name of one of the United States of America, formerly of an Indian people inhabiting Iowa and Minnesota.]
A. n. A native or inhabitant of Iowa.
c1848W. Whitman in Amer. Speech (1961) XXXVI. 297 Iowans Gophers. 1856N. H. Parker Iowa as it Is 56 Our ferry is busy all hours in passing over the large canvas-backed wagons, densely populated with becoming Iowaians. 1928Glasgow Herald 6 Apr. 12 Iowans..used to console themselves by telling the world..that their largest city had the greatest consumption of ice-cream per head of population. 1964Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 21 Nov. (1970) 208 Just enough places for the Iowans and the kinfolks.
B. adj. Of, pertaining to, or designating what was formerly considered the fourth Pleistocene glaciation of North America, but which is now considered the earliest phase of the Wisconsin glaciation. Also absol., the Iowan glaciation or the deposits it produced.
1894in J. Geikie Gt. Ice Age (ed. 3) xlii. 756 It may..be the equivalent of the next later formation—the East-Iowan. Ibid. 760 The East-Iowan till-sheet..is not usually bordered by any definite terminal moraine. Ibid., The designation ‘East-Iowan formation’ is chosen because it has been most carefully worked out by Mr. McGee in north-eastern Iowa. 1896, etc. [see Illinoian a.]. 1968R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Geomorphol. 292/2 In the Wisconsin phase, the Iowan Lobe was considerably smaller. |
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