- 1n/ˈmaʊri/Maori person毛利人
A member of the people who were already living in New Zealand before Europeans arrived, and whose live there today, forming a small part of the country's population.
文法可數名詞：前面可以加 a/an，要表示複數時常常加 -s。
Maori 指的是紐西蘭最早的一群人裡的一員。歐洲船隻到達之前，他們的家族就已經住在那裡。今天他們在紐西蘭人口裡是少數，但語言和習俗仍然在日常生活中看得到。這個用法可數，所以說 a Maori；複數在較舊或較正式的寫法裡是 Maoris。這個字也常寫成 Māori，a 上面有一條橫線。
示範例句 · Example
Her mother is a Maori from the north of the country.
中文翻譯她的媽媽是一個來自這個國家北部的毛利人。
Maori names a person who belongs to the first people of New Zealand. Their families were there long before European ships came. Today they are a minority among New Zealanders, though their language and customs are part of everyday life in the country. In this use the word is countable, so you say a Maori and, in older or more formal writing, Maoris for more than one. The spelling Maori is also written Māori, with a bar over the a.
常見搭配
the Maori of New Zealand
紐西蘭的毛利族
the Maori people as a whole
The exhibition tells the story of the Maori of New Zealand.
a Maori family
一個毛利家庭
a family belonging to this people
A Maori family lived next door to us for years.
用法接近
New Zealanderindigenousislander
- 2n/ˈmaʊri/Maori language毛利語
The language spoken by the Maori people of New Zealand.
文法不可數名詞：通常不加 a/an，也不加 -s 來表示複數。
同一個字在這裡指的是語言，不是人。和其他語言名字一樣不可數：說 speak Maori、learn Maori、in Maori，不加 a，也不加 -s。紐西蘭很多地名都來自這個語言，所以就算沒遇到說話的人，也常會看到它。
Here the same word names a language rather than a person. Like the names of other languages, it is uncountable: you say speak Maori, learn Maori, in Maori, with no a and no -s. Many place names in New Zealand come from it, so a reader meets the language even without meeting a speaker.
常見搭配
speak Maori
說毛利語
to be able to use this language
Both of her grandparents speak Maori at home.
in Maori
用毛利語
using this language
The welcome was given first in Maori.
learn Maori
學毛利語
to study this language
More students are choosing to learn Maori.
意思相近
te reo Maori