释义 |
mielie S. Afr.|ˈmiːlɪ| [Afrikaans.] = mealie. Also attrib. and Comb. as mielie cob, mielie land; mieliepap, mealie meal porridge (cf. quots. s.v. mealie).
1804J. T. van der Kemp in Trans. [London] Missionary Soc. (ed. 2) I. 438 There is another kind of corn, which they call bona, and is known in the Colony by the name of meelis. 1818G. Barker Diary 7 Dec. (MS.), Began to clear the beans & mielies in the garden. 1835A. Smith Diary 28 Nov. (1940) II. 285 The Hottentots..had no pumpkins, melons, mielies nor calabases. 1926O. Schreiner From Man to Man i. 78 Near the mielie lands. Ibid. iii. 117 The maids were lighting the evening fires with mielie cobs. 1952Cape Times 11 Jan. 3/4 The nearby Vergelegen Estate with its acres of corn and mielies. 1953P. Abrahams Return to Goli vi. 200 It was the kind of food I had not eaten for fourteen years: a thick mielie pap. 1959Cape Times 26 Oct. 9/4 The mieliepap..is the staple food of millions in Africa. 1971Cape Herald (Bonus) 15 May 5/1 (Advt.), With mieliepap you need never fear that some of the goodness has been lost in making. 1974Eastern Province Herald 23 July 13 He is wise to discard his bowler hat when crossing a field of mielies. |