单词 | sierra leone |
释义 | Sierra Leonen. Sierra Leone peach n. a shrub or small tree, Nauclea latifolia (formerly Sarcocephalus esculentus) of the family Rubiaceæ, native to tropical Africa, or its edible reddish fruit; = Guinea peach n. at Guinea n. Compounds 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > other fruits > [noun] tamarind1539 zizypha1546 guava1555 tuna1555 turpentine1562 mango1582 mammee1587 durian1588 lychee1588 sapota1589 fritter1591 mangosteen1598 custard apple1648 longan1655 mammee sapota1657 mammee apple1683 breadfruit1697 coco-plum1699 rambutan1707 pawpaw1709 locust bean1731 sapodilla1750 cherimoya1758 wild lime1767 Otaheite apple1777 narra1779 langsat1783 rose apple1790 cinnamon apple1796 sapota plum1797 bhindi1809 salak1820 gingerbread plum1824 geebung1827 loquat1829 sapodilla plum1830 sage-apple1832 kangaroo-apple1834 karaka-fruit1834 quandong1836 mombin1837 terap1839 zapote1842 tamarind plum1846 prairie pea1848 Barbados-cherry1858 kei-apple1859 Natal plum1859 bullock's heart1866 guava-apple1866 Sierra Leone peach1866 Turkey fig1866 marula1877 scarlet banana1885 Suriname cherry1895 feijoa1898 pear apple1898 ume1918 pepino1922 Chinese gooseberry1925 num-num1926 acerola1954 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > African fruit-plants mammee apple1683 num-num1770 guarri1789 pigeon plum1826 gingerbread tree1829 Guinea peach1829 kaffir orange1852 marula1857 kei-apple1859 Natal plum1859 klapper1863 Sierra Leone peach1866 velvet tamarind1866 Dingaan's apricot1868 wild orange1932 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1020/1 S[arcocephalus] esculentus has pink flowers and an edible fruit, of the size of a peach, whence it has been called the Sierra Leone Peach. 1965 M. S. Nielsen Introd. Flowering Plants W. Afr. xi. 173 Sierra Leone or Guinea Peach..is a bush or small tree in savanna with dark red, juicy fruit balls. Derivatives Sierra Leˈonean n. (also Sierra Le'onian) an inhabitant or native of Sierra Leone; also as adj., of or pertaining to Sierra Leone. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of West Africa > [noun] > countries or regions Guinean1589 Kongo1600 Gambian1744 Guinea Negro1748 Congoese1765 Sierra Leonean1791 Congolese1800 Liberian1826 Guinea-man1830 Nigerian1860 Lagosian1897 Basenji1906 Ghanaian1949 assimilado1953 Mali1960 Malian1960 Katangese1962 Biafran1967 Zairean1972 Ivorian1973 Zairois1973 Zairese1974 Upper Voltan1975 Voltaic1976 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of West Africa > [adjective] > countries or regions Congoese1765 Liberian1823 Nigerian1876 Sierra Leonean1910 Voltaic1949 Ghanaian1957 Lagosian1967 1791 A. M. Falconbridge Let. 8 June in Narr. Two Voy. Sierra Leone (1802) iv. 83 The people appear more inclined to industry than the Sierra Leonians. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 680 Bishop Ingram would have been able to write a more cheerful and hopeful book..if the Sierra Leonians had had a thorough grounding in technical culture. 1910 T. J. Alldridge Transformed Colony ix. 75 The Sierra Leonean trader feels all this pretty badly, especially as every Sierra Leonean wants to trade. 1926 Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 660/1 Sierra-Leonean solicitors were hurrying to final interviews with retained advocates. 1926 A. R. Slater Introd. Butt-Thompson's Sierra Leone 5 The relations of the ‘Sierra Leonean’ and the European are less intimate than they used to be. 1926 F. W. Butt-Thompson Sierra Leone Pref. 8 The object of the publication of this book is to give Sierra Leoneans a History of their own. 1957 M. Banton West Afr. City vi. 104 At the [1931] census the term ‘Sierra Leonian’ was adopted for persons previously classified as ‘Liberated Africans and their descendants’. 1974 Times 4 May (Sierra Leone Suppl.) p. i/1 Rhythm plays a particularly important role in the way of life of all Sierra Leoneans. 1976 Sunday Times (Lagos) 31 Oct. 5/4 The Sierra Leonian repatriates..played a much greater role. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1791 |
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