| 释义 |
ˈEnglishy, a.
[f. as prec- + -y.]
Characteristic of what is English (as opposed to American, etc.).
1873W. D. Howells Chance Acquaintance vi. 133 The people, too, had such Englishy faces. 1880Scribn. Mag. Feb. 633 ‘A fogger going to fodder his cattle’..‘before the summer ricks are all carted’..how Englishy such sentences sound! 1903Westm. Gaz. 4 Feb. 10/1 He spoke in a high Englishy way, which rather jarred on the ears of a Scotch boy. 1912D. H. Lawrence Let. 13 May in F. Lawrence Not I, but the Wind (1934) 39 It's a quiet, dead little village [in Germany]..a bit Englishy. 1930Times Educ. Suppl. 26 Apr. 183/3 The English teacher [in Canada] needs much tact, for if she is suspected of being ‘Englishy’, there will not be much reward of gratitude from the parents. 1967Guardian 1 Feb. 9/6 Englishy pubs..have sprung up in New York. |