单词 | Brit. |
释义 | Brit. Brit. abbr.(略语)Britain ,British. Britain,British. Brit Brit AHD: [br¹t] D.J. [br!t]K.K. [br!t]n.Informal (名词)【非正式用语】 A British person:英国人:“Americans approaching this new work of his are confronting not a hidebound Brit but a full-fledged citizen of Anglophonia”(&b{Anthony Burgess})“处理他这项新工作的美国人面对的不是一个墨守成规的英国佬,而是一个操英语的成熟公民”(安东尼·伯吉斯) brit brit 也作 britt AHD: [br¹t] D.J. [br!t]K.K. [br!t]n.(名词)1. The young of herring and similar fish.幼鲱:年幼的鲱鱼和类似的鱼2. Minute marine organisms, such as crustaceans of the genusCalanus, that are a major source of food for right whales. 哲水蚤:小海生动物,如哲水蚤属 的甲壳类动物,是露脊鲸食物的主要来源 语源:1. Perhaps from Cornish br&9{þthel} [mackerel] from Old Cornish breithil from *breith [speckled] 可能源自 康沃尔方言 br&9{þthel} [鲭属鱼类] 源自 古凯尔特语 breithil 源自 *breith [布满斑点的] 2. or from Welsh brithyll [trout] 或源自 威尔士语 brithyll [鳟鱼] 3. from brith [speckled] 源自 brith [布满斑点的] |
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