| 释义 |
Honduran, Hondurean, a. and n.|hɒnˈdjʊərən, -riːən|
[f. next: see -an.]
A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Honduras.
B. n. A native or inhabitant of Honduras or British Honduras. So Honduˈranean, -ˈanian adjs. and ns.
1895Savage & Gunter His Cuban Sweetheart ii. xii. 166 The Honduranean magnates. Ibid. iii. xiii. 184 The sunburned neck of the average Honduranean. 1902R. H. Davis Capt. Macklin iii. 105 The Honduranian consul. 1911D. Folkmar Dict. Races or Peoples 77 Honduran (see Spanish American). 1918D. G. Munro Five Republics Central Amer. vi. 131 It must not be supposed, however, that the Honduraneans are necessarily inferior, intellectually or physically, to the inhabitants of the other republics. 1926Glasgow Herald 17 June 10 The Honduran steamer Olancho. 1927Blackw. Mag. Aug. 186/1 Living under Honduranian laws..these people, once British, are gradually being forced to give up their birthright. 1934A. Huxley Beyond Mexique Bay 27 They are true-born Panamanians, Nicaraguans, Hondureans, or whatever it may be. 1941P. E. James Latin America xxiii. 691 From it [sc. the banana world] Honduras derives financial profit through taxation but it cannot be considered to form a coherent part of the Honduran state. 1950Caribbean Q. II. ii. 3 The poetry and painting of contemporary British Hondurans. 1959W. S. Stokes Latin American Politics ix. 194 Even with such liberal land laws..which has permitted practically all Hondurans..to own land, Honduras has not been able to achieve democratic government. 1972Guardian 29 Jan. 1/1 Some major move up to the Honduran frontier. |