- 1n/ˈɪrəkwɔɪ/the Iroquois people易洛魁人（北美原住民）
A group of Native American peoples who lived in the area that is now New York State and the land around it, spoken of together as one people.
文法複數：這個意思要用複數形式。
這個用法前面一定要加 the。它是複數，動詞也要用複數：The Iroquois were…。資料上寫，這個名字涵蓋的是一個聯盟，也就是好幾個族群結合在一起。列出來的有 Mohawk、Oneida、Onondaga、Cayuga、Seneca。所以 the Iroquois 不是單一部族，而是一群人以一個整體行動。還有一點值得知道。這個名字是一六○○年代從法語進到英文的，也就是外人給的稱呼。法語更早又是從哪裡來的，到今天還沒有定論。
示範例句 · Example
The Iroquois lived in the area that is now New York State.
中文翻譯易洛魁人住在今天是紐約州的那個地區。
This use always takes the, and it is plural: the Iroquois were, the Iroquois have. The evidence describes the name as covering a confederacy, that is, several peoples who joined together — the Mohawk, the Oneida, the Onondaga, the Cayuga and the Seneca. So the Iroquois is not one single tribe but a group that acted as one. One more thing is worth knowing. The name reached English from French in the 1600s, which makes it a name given from outside; where French took it from is still not settled.
常見搭配
the Iroquois were / lived / built
後面接複數動詞
the plural verb that this name always takes
The Iroquois were skilled farmers as well as hunters.
the five nations of the Iroquois
易洛魁的五個族群
the separate peoples that together make up this group
The exhibition names the five nations of the Iroquois one by one.
意思相近
the Six Nationsthe Iroquois Confederacy
用法接近
MohawkSenecaCayugaOneidaOnondaga
- 2n/ˈɪrəkwɔɪ/an Iroquois person易洛魁族的人
One person who belongs to the Iroquois.
文法可數名詞：前面可以加 a/an，要表示複數時常常加 -s。
這個用法在數人，不是在指整個族群。可以說 an Iroquois、two Iroquois、several Iroquois。複數通常和單數長得一樣，所以要靠前後的字去看數量。兩個用法要分清楚。an Iroquois 是一個人。the Iroquois 是整群人。
This use counts people rather than naming the whole group. You can say an Iroquois, two Iroquois, several Iroquois. The spelling usually stays the same in the plural, so the words around it are what tell you how many. Keep the two uses apart: an Iroquois is one person, while the Iroquois is the whole group taken together.
常見搭配
an Iroquois
一位易洛魁人
one member of the group
He is an Iroquois, and he teaches the language at the community centre.
two / several Iroquois
兩位／幾位易洛魁人
more than one member, with no plural -s
Several Iroquois came to the opening of the exhibition.