English
['ɪŋɡlɪʃ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the discipline that studies the English language and literature.
(noun.) an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries.
(noun.) (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist.
(noun.) the people of England.
(adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of England or its culture or people; 'English history'; 'the English landed aristocracy'; 'English literature' .
(adj.) of or relating to the English language .
錄入:诺顿--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race.
(a.) See 1st Bond, n., 8.
(n.) Collectively, the people of England; English people or persons.
(n.) The language of England or of the English nation, and of their descendants in America, India, and other countries.
(n.) A kind of printing type, in size between Pica and Great Primer. See Type.
(n.) A twist or spinning motion given to a ball in striking it that influences the direction it will take after touching a cushion or another ball.
(v. t.) To translate into the English language; to Anglicize; hence, to interpret; to explain.
(v. t.) To strike (the cue ball) in such a manner as to give it in addition to its forward motion a spinning motion, that influences its direction after impact on another ball or the cushion.
艾弗里校對
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. English people.[2]. English language.
校對:谢尔比
解釋/意思:
adj. belonging to England or its inhabitants.—n. the language of the people of England.—v.t. to translate a book into English: to make English.—ns. Eng′lander an Englishman; Eng′lisher Eng′lishman a native or naturalised inhabitant of England; Eng′lishry the fact of being an Englishman; in Ireland the population of English descent.—Old English or Anglo-Saxon the language spoken in England from 450 till about 1150; Middle English till 1500; Modern English from 1500 onwards (Early English often means Early Middle English; (archit.) see Early).—Presentment of Englishry the offering of proof that a person murdered belonged to the English race to escape the fine levied on the hundred or township for the murder of a Norman.
卡梅拉校對
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream, if you are a foreigner, of meeting English people, denotes that you will have to suffer through the selfish designs of others.
阿德莱德手打
例句/造句/用法:
- Why, my dear lad, I am even now courting the Nine, and turning Aristophanes into good English verse. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Its object (in your English opinion) is anarchy and revolution. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The English and the Germans (he indignantly declared) were always reviling the Italians for their inability to cultivate the higher kinds of music. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- He was a true young English gentleman. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Go muck yourself, he said in English and then, in Spanish, to the armored car driver. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- This was the India into which the French and English were thrusting during the eighteenth century. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- There was something to the English peculiarly attractive in the idea of this wave-encircled, island-enthroned city. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Perhaps more than anyone else, the Fabians are responsible for turning English socialist thought from the verbalism of the Marxian disciples to the actualities of English political life. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- V ARKWRIGHT AND THE SPINNING-JENNY 1732-1792 All the great English inventors have sprung from families of small means, and have had to work for their living. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- It is perhaps natural for a European writer writing primarily for English-reading students to overrun his subject in this way. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The English men of fashion in Paris courted her, too, to the disgust of the ladies their wives, who could not bear the parvenue. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Don't you think the English nation perfect in every respect? 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- The English Channel is a holy terror, all right, but it didn't affect me. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Thus far, Gurth, said he, addressing his attendant, the reputation of English chivalry hath not suffered in my hands. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- In the English coin, it exchanges for about fifteen ounces, that is, for more silver than it is worth, according to the common estimation of Europe. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
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