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单词 oont
释义 oont Indian and Austral. colloq.|uːnt|
Also unt.
[ad. Hindi (and Urdu) ūnṭ camel.]
A camel. Comb. oont-wallah, a camel-driver.
1862Mrs. J. B. Speid Our Last Yrs. in India ix. 214 The Oont-wallah or camel-man.1892Kipling Barrack-room Ballads 27 O the oont, O the oont, O the commissariat oont! With 'is silly neck a-bobbin' like a basket full o' snakes.1894A. G. Leonard Camel 101 The baggage [camel], known as ‘Gamal’ and ‘Unt’ respectively in Egypt and India.1900Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Jan. 1/3 A mule..requires more experience in handling than the bubbling oont of India.1902Chambers's Jrnl. July 431/1 To judge from the selection of pillage, some one conversant with the interior economy of the caravan was involved, and it was significant that a number of the oont-wallahs (camel-drivers) were missing.1933Bulletin (Sydney) 26 Apr. 33/2 Hell! what a lot of calculation had to go into piloting a couple of smelly oonts!1945[see humpy n.2].1961Partridge Dict. Slang Suppl. 1207/2 Oont,..a camel: Australian.
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