late 14c., from Greek Amazon (mostly in plural Amazones) "one of a race of female warriors in Scythia," probably from an unknown non-Indo-European word, possibly from an Iranian compound *ha-maz-an- "(one) fighting together" [Watkins], but in folk etymology long derived from a- "without" + mazos "breasts," hence the story that the Amazons cut or burned off one breast so they could draw bowstrings more efficiently.
The river in South America (originally called by the Spanish Rio Santa Maria de la Mar Dulce) rechristened by Francisco de Orellana, 1541, after an encounter with female warriors of the Tapuyas (or, as some say, beardless, long-haired male tribesmen; still others hold that the name is a corruption of a native word in Tupi or Guarani meaning "wave").
雙語例句
1. a gripping narrative of their journey up the Amazon
他們沿亞馬孫河而上的扣人心弦的描述
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. They were exploring the Amazon jungle.
他們正對(duì)亞馬遜叢林進(jìn)行勘察.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
3. Looks like someone wants to run upagainst Amazon here.
看樣子有人要和Amazon挑戰(zhàn)了.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. Amazon's challengers come from two directions.
Amazon挑戰(zhàn)來自兩個(gè)方面.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. I don't recall Amazon, eBay or Yahoo using a Flash intro, so you probably shouldn't either.