| 释义 |
Eyetalian, a. and n.|aɪˈtælɪən|
Also Eye-talian.
Spelling used to represent a non-standard or jocular pronunciation of Italian a. and n. with initial |aɪ| sound.
1840Spirit of Times 21 Nov. 447/3 Boston galls may boast of their spinetts, and their gytars, and their eye⁓talian airs, and their ears for music. 1919F. Hurst Humoresque 189 The Eyetalians maybe didn't know no better. 1930E. Wallace Lady of Ascot i. 14 It's foreign—Eye⁓talian. 1930E. Raymond Jesting Army i. vii. 102 The Eye-talians'll have landed at Smyrna. 1953A. Baron Human Kind xxiii. 171 You know what I seen them Eyetalians do? 1961P. White Riders in Chariot xi. 402 An Eyetalian boy called Fiddle Paganini was finishing singing a number. |