| 释义 |
tartanry, n.|ˈtɑːtənrɪ|
[f. tartan n.1 + -ry.]
Tartan things collectively, esp. worn or displayed as a mark of Scottish national fervour; Scottishness, = scottishry n.
1976Sunday Times (Colour Suppl.) 31 Oct. 73 Tartanry has spread into radio, television, cabaret and clubs with strongholds such as the Rangers Club and La Fabrique in Bo'ness. 1977D. Daiches Scotl. & Union 192 The whole process of what might be called Balmoralisation, with the associated burgeoning of the tourist trade in tartanry..represented an extraordinary distortion of the history of Scottish culture. 1985E. Lochhead True Confessions 57 The performers in their borrowed tartanry had an almost manic energy. 1989Listener 4 May 34/4 A special feature for Glasgow's Mayfest..the inner-urban company that's eschewed tartanry. |