單詞
blighty
['blaiti]
基本信息
- n. 英國本土；英國老家（等于blighty）
中文詞源
Blighty 英國
來自印度語bilayati, 外國人，外國佬，以稱呼英國士兵，英國士兵又把該詞帶入英國，在一戰(zhàn)時(shí)頗為流行，含有自我解嘲的意味。
英文詞源
- blighty
- blighty: [20] Blighty is a legacy of British rule in India. Originally a term used by British soldiers serving in India for ‘home, Britain’, it is an anglicization of Hindi bilāyatī, which meant ‘foreign’, and particularly ‘European’. This was actually a borrowing from Arabic wilāyat ‘district, country’, which was independently acquired by English in the 19th century in its Turkish form vilayet. It was a derivative of the Arabic verb waliya ‘rule’, and is related to walī ‘ruler’.
雙語例句
- 1. See you back in Blighty!
- 回英國老家再見！
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Darling, any news about our blighty? Is my mother feeling better?
- 親愛的, 老家有消息 嗎 ?我媽病好些了 嗎 ?
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 3. The soldier are sailing for old Blighty tomorrow.
- 士兵明日將啟航返英國本土.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 4. Take me back to dear old Blighty.
- 把我送回英國老家.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
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