| 单词 |
paco |
| 释义 |
‖ paco|ˈpɑːkəʊ|
Also pacos.
[Sp. paco, a. Quichua paco, the native name in Peru.
Cf. Domingo de S. Tomas Lex. Leng. Peru, 1560, Oveja, llama, ó paco, ó guaca, ó guanaco, ó vicuña.]
1. = alpaca.
1604[see alpaca 1, guanaco]. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 873 The Sierras yeeld..Pacos, a kinde of sheepe-asses, profitable for fleece and burthen. 1752Sir J. Hill Hist. Anim. 575 The Camelus, without any gibbosity. The Pacos..It is a native of Peru, and is sometimes employed, as the Glama, in carrying burthens. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. II. 415 The natural colour of the paco is that of a dried rose leaf. 1834Nat. Philos. III. Phys. Geog. 55/2 The paco, which in its domestic state is called bicunia or vigonia.
2. Min. An earthy brown oxide of iron, containing minute particles of silver. (From its colour).
1839Ure Dict. Arts 915 Paco, or Pacos, is the Peruvian name of an earthy-looking ore, which consists of brown oxide of iron. 1854J. D. Whitney Metallic Wealth U.S. iii. 169 The principal ores [at Cerro de Pasco] are the pacos so called, analogous to the colorados of the Mexican miners: they are ferruginous earths, mingled with argentiferous ores. |
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