string of seashell beads used as money by Native Americans, 1630s, shortened from New England Algonquian wampumpeag (1620s), "string of white (shell beads);" said to be compounded from wab "white" + ompe "string" + plural suffix -ag.
双语例句
1. They paid a lot of wampum for the job.
他们为那工作付出很多的钱.
来自辞典例句
2. At first they copied the Native Americans and used wampum.
