originally a name for a group of native peoples among Chiwere (Siouan) tribes, from an Algonquian word recorded c. 1700, literally "people of the big canoes." The expression I'm from Missouri, you'll have to show me is attested from at least c. 1880. Related: Missourian.
雙語例句
1. He was trying to woo the daughter of a Missouri aris - tocrat.
他正試圖追求一位密蘇里的豪門小姐.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. The deposits is very similar to the Mississippi Valley Type deposits in Appalachian and Missouri, USA.