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Maya 音標拼音: [m'ɑɪə] n. 馬雅人,馬亞語
a. 馬雅人的,馬雅語的 馬雅人,馬亞語馬雅人的,馬雅語的 Maya n 1: a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture ( which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy; " Mayans had a system of writing and an accurate calendar" [ synonym: { Mayan}, { Maya}] 2: a family of American Indian languages spoken by Maya [ synonym: { Maya}, { Mayan}, { Mayan language}] Maya \ Ma" ya\ ( m[ aum]" y[ aum]), n. 1. ( Hindu Philos.) The name ( in Vedantic philosphy) for the doctrine of the unreality of matter, called, in English, { idealism}; hence, nothingness; vanity; illusion. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Hindu Philos.) the Hindu goddess personifying the power that creates phenomena. --[ RHUD] [ PJC] 3. ( Hindu Philos.) the power to produce illusions. --[ RHUD] [ PJC]
Maya \ Ma" ya\ ( m[ aum]" y[. a]), prop. n.; pl. { Maya} or { Mayas}. 1. the Indian people occupying the area of Veracruz, Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, and Yucatan, together with a part of Guatemala and a part of Salvador. The Maya peoples are dark, short, and brachycephalic, and at the time of the discovery had attained a higher grade of culture than any other American people. They cultivated a variety of crops, were expert in the manufacture and dyeing of cotton fabrics, used cacao as a medium of exchange, and were workers of gold, silver, and copper. Their architecture comprised elaborately carved temples and palaces, and they possessed a superior calendar, and a developed system of hieroglyphic writing, with records said to go back to about 700 a. d. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. PJC] 2. the language of the Mayas. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. PJC]
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