Welsh
GRE,1
英[welʃ]
|美[wɛlʃ]
v.不付赌金而溜掉;逃避履行义务;逃避(责任等);对(某人)食言
adj.威尔士的
n.威尔士人
日语:ウェールズ語
法语:gallois
德语:Walisisch
韩语:웨일스 말
俄语:galés
牛津词典
noun
- 威尔士语
the Celtic language of Wales
- Do you speak Welsh?
你说威尔士语吗?
- 威尔士人
the people of Wales
adj.
- 威尔士的;威尔士人的;威尔士语的
of or connected with Wales, its people or its language
- Welsh poetry
威尔士诗歌
词形变化
现在分词:welshing 过去式:welshed 第三人称单数:welshes 过去分词:welshed
中文词源
Welsh 威尔士welsh 赖帐
来自Proto-Germanic*walhaz,凯尔特部落名,凯尔特人,后词义通用化,用于指外国人,不固定的罗马人,高卢人,不列颠人等非日耳曼人,直至后来指现代意义上的威尔士人。大部分现代凯尔特语学者认为该词原义为猎鹰,词源同falcon, 也有学者偏向于词义为狼,词源同wolf. 词义演变比较frank.来自Welsh,威尔干人。赖帐义可能来自英国人的对威尔士的调侃或开涮。比较Dutch courage,French letter.
双语例句
- Since the Sixties, afforestation has changed the Welsh countryside.
60年代以来,植树造林已经改变了威尔士的乡村面貌。
- England have beaten the Welsh three times in succession with an aggregate score of 83-12.
英格兰队已经连续3次打败威尔士队,总比分为83比12。
- He amazed us by his knowledge of Welsh history
他对威尔士的历史知之甚多,让我们惊讶。
- Some Welsh activists have started blacking out English language road signs.
一些威尔士激进分子已经开始涂盖英语路标。
- In Wales in the same era, boys were caned for speaking Welsh in the playground
在同一时期的威尔士,男孩们在操场上讲威尔士语是要吃鞭子的。
- In both Welsh and Irish the word for 'moon' is of feminine gender.
在威尔士语和爱尔兰语中,表示“月亮”的词是阴性的。
- He went to the beautiful old Welsh dresser that graced this homely room
他走到为这间舒适的房间增色不少的漂亮的旧威尔士碗橱前。
- He wants actors who can speak Welsh. Obviously I've had it.
他要的是会说威尔士语的演员。明摆着,我是没指望了。
- The Indian temple is an incongruous sight in the Welsh border country.
坐落在威尔士边界乡村里的印度庙宇看上去相当突兀。
- In modern Welsh, 'glas' means 'blue'
在现代威尔士语中,glas意为“蓝色”。
- At the start of the last over, bowled by Chris Lewis, the Welsh county were favourites.
在最后一轮由克里斯·刘易斯连续投出6个有效球之前,威尔士郡队本来胜券在握。
- The running of Welsh rugby was left in chaos yesterday after a vote of no confidence in the game's overlords.
昨天,在对威尔士橄榄球界几位巨头投了不信任票后,该运动的管理陷入一片混乱。
- The Welsh are no slouches at cooking.
威尔士人在烹饪方面可是好手。
- Stephen ventured a few more sentences in halting Welsh.
在阻止韦尔什时,斯蒂芬壮着胆子多说了几句。
- He was welsh, with the dark, stormy good looks of his ancestors.
他是威尔士人,有着他祖先那种暗黑和粗犷健美的外貌。
- However, there are still people who also speak the older European languages, Welsh and Isles.
但是,仍然有些人讲古欧洲语:如威尔士语和爱尔兰语。
- Samoa side including some future legends of the game trampled all over the once-proud welsh.
包括比赛的一些未来传说的一个萨摩亚方面全身践踏了一次骄傲的威尔士。
- The other boys in neighbourhood poked fun at him because of his welsh accent.
邻居的孩子们因他有威尔士口音而取笑他。
- Although Welsh is a minority language, support for the language grew during the second half of the20th century.
尽管这是个小语种,但在20世纪下半叶开始,威尔士语的传承和发展就得到了很大的支持。
- The typists, the City analysts and the Welsh textile workers have all fallen victim to economic change.
打字员、金融城分析师和威尔士纺织业工人都是经济变迁的受害者。
- The Scots and Welsh are not English and vice versa.
苏格兰人和威尔士人不是英格兰人,反过来也一样。
- Lung cancer became common in England and Welsh.
肺癌在英格兰和威尔士已经很普遍了。
- They assumed I was Welsh from my surname.
他们根据我的姓氏断定我是威尔士人。
- The ruling body of English and Welsh barrister.
英格兰和威尔士对高级律师管理的组织。
- Welsh and Scots too have lost faith in the larger identity.
威尔士人和苏格兰人也同样对这个更宽泛的身份认同失去了信心。
- The present research established a easy and accurate method for interspecific hybrids identification between onion and Welsh onion.
本研究在分子水平上建立了洋葱大葱种间杂种的鉴定方法,快速、准确的辨别杂种一代的真假性。
- The Welsh have preserved their language to a remarkable extent.
威尔士人将他们的语言保留到了惊人的程度。
- I don't know about the Welsh yet, but the Irish have landed.
威尔士那边的情况我还不知道,不过爱尔兰军队已经登陆了!
- On these occasions competitions are held in Welsh poetry, music, singing and art.
在那里会举行威尔士诗歌、音乐、唱歌和艺术比赛。
- I asked them first of all if they were welsh.
我首先问他们是不是威尔士人。
语源
mid 19th cent.: of unknown origin