Maya 音标拼音: [m'ɑɪə]
n . 马雅人,马亚语
a . 马雅人的,马雅语的
马雅人,马亚语马雅人的,马雅语的
Maya n 1 :
a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (
which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900 )
characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy ; "
Mayans had a system of writing and an accurate calendar " [
synonym : {
Mayan },
{
Maya }]
2 :
a family of American Indian languages spoken by Maya [
synonym :
{
Maya }, {
Mayan }, {
Mayan language }]
Maya \
Ma "
ya \ (
m [
aum ]"
y [
aum ]),
n .
1 . (
Hindu Philos .)
The name (
in Vedantic philosphy )
for the doctrine of the unreality of matter ,
called ,
in English ,
{
idealism };
hence ,
nothingness ;
vanity ;
illusion .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Hindu Philos .)
the Hindu goddess personifying the power that creates phenomena . --[
RHUD ]
[
PJC ]
3 . (
Hindu Philos .)
the power to produce illusions . --[
RHUD ]
[
PJC ]
Maya \
Ma "
ya \ (
m [
aum ]"
y [.
a ]),
prop .
n .;
pl . {
Maya }
or {
Mayas }.
1 .
the Indian people occupying the area of Veracruz ,
Chiapas ,
Tabasco ,
Campeche ,
and Yucatan ,
together with a part of Guatemala and a part of Salvador .
The Maya peoples are dark ,
short ,
and brachycephalic ,
and at the time of the discovery had attained a higher grade of culture than any other American people .
They cultivated a variety of crops ,
were expert in the manufacture and dyeing of cotton fabrics ,
used cacao as a medium of exchange ,
and were workers of gold ,
silver ,
and copper .
Their architecture comprised elaborately carved temples and palaces ,
and they possessed a superior calendar ,
and a developed system of hieroglyphic writing ,
with records said to go back to about 700 a .
d .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .
PJC ]
2 .
the language of the Mayas .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .
PJC ]
安装中文字典英文字典查询工具! 中文字典英文字典工具:
复制到剪贴板
英文字典中文字典相关资料: