单词 | oxford english |
释义 | > as lemmasOxford English Oxford English n. English spoken with an Oxford accent or in a manner popularly supposed to be characteristic of members of Oxford University. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > accent > [noun] > specific accents Oxford accent1855 Oxford Englisha1894 Mummersetshire1952 Morningside1953 Brummie1963 Roedean1972 mid-Atlantic1975 Estuary English1984 a1894 O. W. Holmes Compl. Poet. Wks. (1912) 313 Our old-world scholar may have ways to teach Of Oxford English, Britain's purest speech. 1926 D. H. Lawrence Plumed Serpent ii. 31 An odd, detached, yet cocky little man, a true little Indian, speaking Oxford English in a rapid, low, musical voice. 1952 M. Steen Phoenix Rising iv. 72 Americans come over and proceed to acquire what they think is Oxford English. 2003 Take One (Nexis) May We hear the Honourable Akele Banda, Malawi's minister of health, in his impeccable Oxford English, describe to us [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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