| 释义 |
‖ chuño|ˈtʃuɲo|
Also chuno |ˈtʃuno|, chuñu |ˈtʃuɲu|.
[Amer. Sp., ad. Quechua ch'uñu.]
Potatoes frozen and dried, or flour prepared from such potatoes, eaten by Andean Indians.
1909Cent. Dict. Suppl., Chuñu. 1921Chambers's Jrnl. Oct. 671/2 They [sc. Bolivian Indians]..live principally on chuno, the frozen potato, and cholona, dried goat or mutton. 1939Nature 7 Jan. 14/1 Even in the graves dating from the oldest Chimu culture has there been discovered..chuño, that is, preserved potatoes. The manner of producing chuño, freezing, treading on the tubers spread on the ground,..and drying, is to this day the same as that described by the Spaniards four hundred years ago. 1960C. Winick Dict. Anthropol. 115/1 Chuño, a flour made by dehydrating frozen potatoes. This was a staple food in the highlands of pre-Columbian Peru. |
