Wampum

['wɒmpəm] or ['wɔmpəm]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency.

埃尔莎整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) Beads made of shells, used by the North American Indians as money, and also wrought into belts, etc., as an ornament.

整理:莎丽

解釋/意思:

n. the North American Indian name for shells or beads used as money.—Wampum peag (wom′pum pēg) lit. 'white strung beads ' strings of wampum.

校對:蒂米