Bushman
noun[C]
(alsobushman)uk/ˈbʊʃ.mən/us/ˈbʊʃ.mən/plural-menuk/ˈbʊʃ.mən/us/ˈbʊʃ.mən/sometimesoffensive
amemberof one of the firstgroupsofpeopletoliveinsouthernAfrica,especiallyin the Kalaharidesert, who used toliveashunter-gatherersbut are nowmainlyfarmers:
布须曼人(非洲南部土著民族)The Kalahari Bushmen havelivedon thislandformillennia.卡拉哈里布须曼人已经在这片土地上生活了几千年。
See also
San
mainlyAustralian English
apersonwholivesin thebush(= awildareaofland):
丛林居民Naturalist Wyn Jones is anexpertbushman.
- For thousands ofyears,AfricanBushmen haveeatena cactus-likeplanttosuppresshunger.
- Tomkinsonoffersnon-huntingsafaristhatfocusonexperiencinglifeamongnativeZulus and bushmen.
- ananthropologiststudyingthe Bushmen ofAfrica
- Kalahari bushmen, many of whom areilliterate, have had no way topassontheirvastknowledgeofwildlifetopeopleoutsidetheirculture.
Geography: deserts, prairies & wildernesses
- brush
- bush
- desert
- dust bowl
- heathland
- marginal land
- moor
- moorland
- mulga
- pampas
- pasture
- plain
- prairie
- Sahara
- sward
- the Gobi Desert
- tundra
- veld
- wadi
- wasteland