guinea
guinea 英 [ˈgɪni] 美 [ˈɡɪni]
n. 几内亚；基尼（英国旧时金币名）
名词复数:guineas
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- n. 几内亚；基尼（英国旧时金币名）
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1. This is not unheard of in guinea.
这种事在几内亚并非罕见。
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2. Scientists made an unexpected discovery in the waters south of New guinea in 2005: a new species of dolphin called the snub-fin.
2005年，科学家们在新几内亚的南部水域得到了一个意想不到的发现：一种叫做矮鳍的海豚新物种。
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3. When guinea-worm disease is eradicated, this will be the first disease kicked out of its human host, not by a powerful vaccine, but by health education and behaviour change.
当几内亚线虫病得以消灭之时，将是不用强有力的疫苗，而是利用健康教育和行为改变从人类宿主中剔除出去的首个疾病。
- Guinea region along the west coast of Africa, presumably from an African word (perhaps Tuareg aginaw "black people"). As a derogatory term for "an Italian" (1896) it is from Guinea Negro (1740s) "black person, person of mixed ancestry;" applied to Italians probably because of their dark complexions relative to northern Europeans, and after 1911 it was occasionally applied to Hispanics and Pacific Islanders as well. New Guinea was so named 1546 by Spanish explorer Inigo Ortiz de Retes in reference to the natives' dark skin and tightly curled hair. The Guinea hen (1570s) is a domestic fowl imported from there. Related: Guinean.
- guinea (n.) former British coin, 1660s, from Guinea, because the coins were first minted for British trade with Guinea (but soon in domestic use) and with gold from Africa. The original guinea was in use from 1663 to 1813.
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