sachem中文什么意思

n.
1.(某些北美印第安人的)酋长。
2.〔戏谑语〕大老板，首领，巨头。
3.〔美国〕(纽约市民主党组织)坦慕尼协会 (Tammany Society) 的干事。

• sachem hs:    塞彻姆角

例句与用法

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1. He could not go out to war as a sachem .
   首领的身份是不能够参加战争的。
2. No gens would have a chief or sachem from any gens but its own .
   任何氏族只能从本氏族中选出其酋帅或首领。
3. The council of the tribe also had the power to depose both sachems and chiefs .
   部落会议也有罢免首领和酋帅的权利。
4. But a general council was never convened to raise up chiefs below the grace of a sachem .
   不过，对于级别低于首领的酋长，从来不召开一次大会来推举他就职。
5. The lights of the hotel and the cottages became yellow dots, a cluster of glow-worms at the base of sachem mountain .
   旅馆和棚屋的灯光变成了小黄点，宛如萨钦姆山脚下的一群萤火虫。

英文释义

名词

1. a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief)
   同义词：sagamore
2. a political leader (especially of Tammany Hall)

百科释义

A sachem or sagamore is a paramount chief among the Algonquians or other northeast American tribes. The two words are anglicizations of cognate terms (c.