Malay
[mə'lei;'meilei]
解释:
(noun.) a western subfamily of Western Malayo-Polynesian languages.
(noun.) a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago.
(adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language of Malaysia and the northern Malay Peninsula and parts of the western Malay Archipelago; 'Malay peoples'; 'Malayan syllable structure' .
艾琳编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) One of a race of a brown or copper complexion in the Malay Peninsula and the western islands of the Indian Archipelago.
(a.) Alt. of Malayan
阿琳整理
例句:
- IF YOU WOULD FORGIVE YOUR ENEMY, says the Malay proverb, FIRST INFLICT A HURT ON HIM; and Lily was experiencing the truth of the apothegm. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- As I entered, a sallow Malay attendant had hurried up with a pipe for me and a supply of the drug, beckoning me to an empty berth. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- Decimus Forthridge, of the American brig Independence, showed his Yankee pluck and resource in defeating an attack of Malay pirates with no other armament than fancy fireworks. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- If the crew laughed, the Malays did not, and when the captain of one of the proas was struck by a rocket, both crafts rested oars and came no nearer. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- A little breeze came up and the brig drew away from the pirates, leaving the two proas to pick up those Malays from the water that the sharks had missed. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
整理:怀亚特