单词 | americanese |
释义 | Americanesen. Chiefly British (frequently depreciative). American English; English which contains many Americanisms. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > American English American1787 American English1806 Yankee1824 Americanese1863 United States1871 Yankeese1883 Amerenglish1923 General American1925 northern1947 Standard American English1951 1863 J. E. Cairnes Slave Power (ed. 2) Pref. p. xxv (note) His regiments, without any exception, went out to New Orleans hunker [Americanese for extreme pro-slavery] Democrats of the hunkerest sort. 1870 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 511/2 His Americans talk the conventional Americanese of the English tourists,—a dialect which no one else ever heard. 1927 Observer 10 July 18/7 They needed to retain their English tongue and preserve it from the pollution caused by Americanese and journalese. 1960 Aeroplane 99 145/2 Lately I've been collecting examples of dreadful Americanese. Such as unitized, retrofitted, heat treat, destruct button, [etc.]. 2004 G. Woodward I'll go to Bed at Noon v. 102 Bill was trying to speak to him in his own language, that sad mixture of Americanese and Sixties flower power. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1863 |
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