名詞 chinook:

1. a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies
   同義詞：chinook wind, snow eater
2. a member of an important North American Indian people who controlled the mouth of the Columbia river; they were organized into settlements rather than tribes
3. pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon
   同義詞：chinook salmon, king salmon
4. a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook
   同義詞：Chinookan
5. large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning
   同義詞：chinook salmon, king salmon, quinnat salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Chi.nook

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 Chinook 或 Chi.nooks

A Native American people formerly inhabiting the lower Columbia River valley and adjoining coastal regions of Washington and Oregon, now located in western Washington. The Chinook traded widely throughout the Pacific Northwest.
奇努克部落：一支美洲土著部落，原居住在哥倫比亞河下游河谷以及附近華盛頓州和俄勒岡州的沿海地區(qū)，現(xiàn)在分布在華盛頓州西部。奇努克人在太平洋西北岸各處的貿(mào)易活動廣泛
A member of this people.
奇努克人：這個部落的成員
The Chinookan language of the Chinook.
奇努克語：奇努克人所用的奇努克語

Any of various Chinookan-speaking peoples formerly inhabiting the Columbia River valley eastward to The Dalles and now located in southern Washington and northern Oregon.
奇努克語部落：說奇努克語的部落原居住在哥倫比亞河谷向東直到大峽谷，現(xiàn)在分布在美國華盛頓州南部和俄勒岡州北部
A member of any of these peoples.
說奇努克語的人：這些部落中的成員
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A moist, warm wind blowing from the sea on the northwest U.S. coast.
奇努克風(fēng)：從海洋吹向美國西北部海岸的潮濕暖風(fēng)
A warm, dry wind that descends from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, causing a rapid rise in temperature.
奇努克風(fēng)：從落基山脈東坡吹下的會引起氣溫迅速上升的干燥暖風(fēng)

來源：
Chehalis (Salishan) c`inuk
切哈利斯語（薩利希人） c`inuk