| 释义 |
Kelper, n. and a.|ˈkɛlpə(r)|
Also kelper.
[f. kelp1 + -er1.]
A. n. The name given locally to a native or inhabitant of the Falkland Islands, the shores of which abound in kelp.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to a Kelper.
1960M. B. R. Cawkell et al. Falkland Islands viii. 93 Improved sanitation and street lighting, main drainage and a telephone exchange, were improvements the Kelper's business-like nature could readily appreciate. 1960E. R. Pettingill Penguin Summer (1962) i. 7 Some of them were native Falklanders—‘Kelpers’, they called themselves. 1968Economist 7 Dec. 33/2 More and more [Falkland Islands] young people are emigrating to New Zealand to escape the isolated monotony of kelper life. 1971Daily Tel. 19 Jan. 10/4 Successive British Governments have laid it down firmly that the ‘kelpers’, all 2,000 of them, must decide their own destiny. |