Definition of myall in English:

myall

noun ˈmʌɪəl

1An Australian acacia tree with silvery foliage sometimes used as fodder.
Genus Acacia, family Leguminosae: several species, in particular A. pendula, which has violet-scented timber
2Australian An Aborigine living in a traditional way.
〈澳〉以传统方式生活的澳大利亚土著居民
Example sentencesExamples
- Telfer's accounts of this and other pitched battles with ‘myalls’ might be dismissed by the sceptic as unsupported hearsay.
- The luluing of the famished myall mingled with the howl of the hunting dingo.
- I was told that they shot down myalls up and down the Lander River for many miles.

Origin

Mid 19th century (in sense 1): sense 2 from Dharuk myal, miyal 'person from another tribe'; sense 1 is perhaps an unexplained transferred use of sense 2.

Rhymes

denial, dial, espial, Lyall, mistrial, Niall, phial, trial, vial, viol

词汇	myall
释义	Definition of myall in English: myall noun ˈmʌɪəl 1An Australian acacia tree with silvery foliage sometimes used as fodder. Genus Acacia, family Leguminosae: several species, in particular A. pendula, which has violet-scented timber 2Australian An Aborigine living in a traditional way. 〈澳〉以传统方式生活的澳大利亚土著居民 Example sentencesExamples Telfer's accounts of this and other pitched battles with ‘myalls’ might be dismissed by the sceptic as unsupported hearsay. The luluing of the famished myall mingled with the howl of the hunting dingo. I was told that they shot down myalls up and down the Lander River for many miles. Origin Mid 19th century (in sense 1): sense 2 from Dharuk myal, miyal 'person from another tribe'; sense 1 is perhaps an unexplained transferred use of sense 2. Rhymes denial, dial, espial, Lyall, mistrial, Niall, phial, trial, vial, viol
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