| 释义 |
Swazi, n. and a.|ˈswɑːzɪ|
[ad. Nguni Mswati, the name of a former king of the Swazi.]
A. n.
a. A (member of a) people of mixed stock, predominantly Nguni, inhabiting the kingdom of Swaziland (independent since 1968) and parts of eastern Transvaal in the Republic of South Africa.
b. A dialect of Nguni spoken by the Swazi.
B. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of this people.
[a1857J. Shooter Kafirs of Natal & Zulu Country 391 The Amaswazi partially shave their head [sic]. ]1872C. A. Payton Diamond Diggings of S. Afr. 142 A book of very great interest on new African sport and travel, entitled, I believe, ‘Swazi Kafirs and Swazi Game’. 1878A. Aylward Transvaal of To-day 182 The Swazis transferred the fidelity and love they bore him. 1884K. Johnston Africa xxvi. 461 The most..numerous..are the Bechuanas..cut off from the Zulus and Swazi by the Quathlamba range on the east. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXXIII. 111/2 The Swazies are a branch of the Bantu family... Swazieland was first constituted a petty native state in 1843, when the Barabuza people under their chief, Swaze, rose against their Zulu oppressors, and according to custom took their name from the founder of their chieftaincy. 1910J. Buchan Prester John xi. 193 There were tall Zulus and Swazis with ringkops and feather head-dresses. 1919H. H. Johnston Compar. Study of Bantu & Semi-Bantu Languages 298 The Zulu-Kafir Languages..Swazi..Tekele. 1937N. J. van Warmelo in I. Schapera Bantu-Speaking Tribes iii. 51 Commencing with the increasing power of the Ngwane Chief Sobhuza (ca 1820), the ‘Swazi’ people gradually began to come into being. 1947J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. xxiii. 188 The man (a Swazi) entered, and almost immediately was attacked by the leopard. 1956H. Bloom Episode v. 72 She wagged her head and huffed her shoulders and muttered in Swazi. 1961W. Vaughan-Thomas Anzio ix. 197 The cheerful Swazi Pioneer..dashed around the football field in an enormous beret. 1973‘S. Harvester’ Corner of Playground iii. ii. 181 A Swazi king in eighteen-fiftyfour raided the Tsonga to find boys and girls to sell to the Boers. 1982Times 1 June 8/1 We [sc. the Zulus] are their countrymen, and yet they are prepared to sell us out to the Swazis in a clandestine deal. |