名詞 powwow:

1. (informal) a quick private conference
   同義詞：huddle
2. a council of or with Native Americans

動(dòng)詞 powwow:

1. hold a powwow, talk, conference or meeting

pow.wow

n.（名詞）
A council or meeting with or of Native Americans.
議事會(huì)：北美印第安人的與北美印第安人一起召開的商議會(huì)或議事會(huì)

A Native American shaman.
巫醫(yī)：北美印第安人巫醫(yī)
A ceremony conducted by a shaman, as in the performance of healing or hunting rituals.
帕瓦儀式：由巫師主持的儀式，如為祈求病愈或保佑狩獵而舉行的儀式
Informal A conference or gathering.
【非正式用語】 會(huì)議，聚會(huì)
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
pow.wowed,pow.wow.ing,pow.wows 【非正式用語】
To hold a powwow.
舉行帕瓦儀式

來源：
Narragansett powwaw [shaman]
納拉干語 powwaw [巫醫(yī)，醫(yī)師]

<注釋>Because trances were so important to the Native American shaman as a means of getting in touch with spiritual forces beyond the ken of the normal person,the titlepowwaw, literally meaning .one who has visions,. was accorded him. One of the occurrences of this word in an early piece of propaganda designed to bring more settlers to New Englandrepresents fairly well the Puritan attitudes to the religion of the native inhabitants of the New World:.The office and dutie of the Powah is to be exercised principally in calling upon the Devil;and curing diseases of the sicke or wounded..The word whose spelling was eventually settled in English aspowwow was also used as the name for ceremonies and councils, probably because of the important role played by the shaman in both.After the native peoples had been dealt withand the fear of devil worship was somewhat diminished,the newcomers decided that they could have powwows too,the first reference to one of these being recorded in the Salem, Massachusetts,Gazette of 82: .The Warriors of the Democratic Tribe will hold a powwow at Agawam on Tuesday next..The verbpowwow, .to confer,. was recorded even earlier, in 780.
因?yàn)樽鳛橐环N超出常人理解范圍的與神靈聯(lián)系的方式，催眠對(duì)于北美印第安人巫師來說是如此重要，故巫師被冠以字面意思為.有洞察力的人.的powwaw 這一名稱。 這個(gè)詞在早期為鼓勵(lì)更多人去新英格蘭定居而作的宣傳中的出現(xiàn)，它很好地證明了清教徒們對(duì)于美洲大陸土著居民宗教的態(tài)度：.帕瓦儀式的職責(zé)與義務(wù)主要就是用來召喚魔鬼；治愈病人或傷者。.這個(gè)在英語中最后以powwow 的拼寫形式固定下來的詞也用作儀式及會(huì)議的名稱， 這也許是因?yàn)槲讕熢趦烧咧卸计鹬匾饔?。在與土著居民進(jìn)行接觸以后，隨著對(duì)其魔鬼崇拜的恐懼逐漸消逝，那些新來者決定他們也可以舉行帕瓦儀式，82年馬薩諸塞州塞勒姆的時(shí)事報(bào) 第一次提及了這種會(huì)議： .下星期二民主黨派的斗士們將在阿加瓦姆召開會(huì)議.。動(dòng)詞意為.商討.的powwow 則早在780年就有記載了