“muktuk”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

muktuk

释义

‖ muktuk|ˈmʌktʌk|
Also maktuk.
[ad. Eskimo maktak.]
The skin of any of several species of whales used for food by the Eskimo.
1835R. Huish Last Voy. Sir J. Ross Arctic Regions 701/2 Skin of a whale..Maktuk.1909A. D. Cameron New North xii. 220 The wedding breakfast consisted of seal-meat, frozen rotten fish, and muktuk (whale meat).1940Beaver Mar. 25/2 All were chewing muktuk—the outer protective skin of the whale—with great enjoyment.1966Star Weekly (Toronto) 12 Mar. 10/1 The Eskimos love muktuk and eat it raw. It's rather rubbery but doesn't taste bad at all—a bit like hazel nut.1973Nat. Geographic Mar. 353/1 After the blubber is cut, the Eskimos pare off the tough, rubbery skin and a thin layer of attached blubber—called muktuk. A delicacy to the Eskimos, muktuk tastes surprisingly good when boiled and salted.1974N.Y. Times 30 May 39/2 But the muktuk—the skin and outer layer of blubber that is the staple of the Eskimo diet—was fine.

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