| 释义 |
Slovenian, a. and n.|sləʊˈviːnɪən|
[f. prec. + -ian.]
a. adj. Belonging or pertaining to the Slovenes.
b. n. The language of the Slovenes. Also, a Slovene.
1844Proc. Philol. Soc. I. 273 The corresponding tense of the Slovenian dialect. 1862Latham Elem. Comp. Philol. 628 The Illyrian or Slovenian of Carinthia and Carniola, closely akin to the western dialects of the Servian group. 1885[see Croatian n. and a.]. 1902[see sense a above]. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 16 Of late years attempts have been made to turn the Slovenian national movement into this direction, and to attract the Slovenians also towards the Orthodox non-Austrian Slavs. 1922M. S. Stanoyevich Early Jugoslav Lit. viii. 69 The works of Croatian and Slovenian authors..hardly contributed anything towards progress in linguistics science and literature. 1955[see Macedonian n.1 c]. 1960O. Manning Great Fortune i. 5 When they woke the next morning they were on the Slovenian plain. 1978Language LIV. 451 The beginner thus has to look in the glossary if he wishes to ascertain whether the forms cited in these examples are younger or older Old Slavonic, Old Slovenian, or 15th-century Russian spellings. |