| 释义 |
Thakin, n.|ˈθɑːkɪn|
[Burmese.]
a. A term of respectful address used by the Burmese.
b. A member of a militant nationalist movement that arose in Burma during the 1930s; also attrib.
1920Blackw. Mag. June 835/1, I do not know about the deer, thakin. 1934‘G. Orwell’ Burmese Days iv. 74 God go with you, thakin. 1942J. L. Christian Mod. Burma xiii. 238 A current expression of nationalism in Burma is the ‘Thakin’ movement. Ibid., The Thakins..have done their country little good. 1957‘F. Clifford’ Ten Minutes on June Morning (1977) 39 ‘Who is it?’ I asked... ‘A Sikh, thakin.’ 1971W. Laqueur Dict. Politics 66 During the 1930s popular pressure for independence led to anti-British riots, militant student strikes and the formation of political private armies, e.g. the Thakin Army which was trained in Japan. 1974Encycl. Brit Macropædia III. 515/1 The young Thakins won the trust of the villagers and emerged as leaders. Ibid. IX 923/1 Thant was educated at the University of Rangoon, where he met Thakin Nu (afterward U Nu, who became prime minister of Burma in 1948). |