| 单词 | the dutch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe Dutch 3. the Dutch (with plural agreement). extracted from Dutchadj.n.1adv. b. The people of Holland and the Netherlands; formerly called also Low Dutch n. 2. (†Rare plural Dutches.) U.S. in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of the Low Countries > [noun] > the Dutch Low Dutchman1576 the Dutch1577 Low Dutch1592 Flounderkina1668 Batavian1876 1577 G. Whetstone Remembraunce Gaskoigne sig. A.iij Wel plaste at length, among the drunken Dutch [margin He served in Holland]. 1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 257 He is serued by the Swizzers and the Dutch. 1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 155 Of mercenary soldiers..he had 4300. Polonians: of chirchasses (that are vnder the Polonians) aboute 4000. Dutches and Scottes aboute 150. 1631 T. Powell Tom of All Trades (1876) 164 When our acquaintance tooke first life with those of the Low Countries..the Dutch..askt him [our Embassador] what handicraft our King was brought up unto. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Having of late compiled a large English and Netherdutch Dictionarie..for the accommodation of the Nether-dutches, who are desirous to attaine unto the knowledge..of our English Tongue. 1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 clxvii. 43 The toils of war we must endure, And, from th'Injurious Dutch redeem the Seas. 1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II II. xvi. 100 The success of Philip's arms..excited in the Dutch and Flemings the most alarming apprehensions. c1826 G. Canning in Lyra Elegantiarum (1867) 148 In matters of commerce, the fault of the Dutch Is giving too little and asking too much. 1831 J. Sinclair Corr. II. 180 The Dutch are distinguished by a great desire for cleanliness. 1845 in C. Cist Cincinnati Misc. 198 Shall we infer from the above that the Indians and Germans have one common origin? If so, the Dutch are the real natives. c. to beat the Dutch, to do something extraordinary or startling. that beats the Dutch, that beats everything. U.S. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > be a matter of wonder [verb (intransitive)] musea1500 to beggar description, comparea1616 to beat the Dutch1775 to beat all1839 1775 Revolut. Song in New-Eng. Hist. & Geneal. Reg. (1857) XI. 191 Our cargoes of meat, drink, and cloaths beat the Dutch. 1906 M. E. Freeman By Light of Soul xx. 277 Well, you women do beat the Dutch. 1939 Amer. Speech 14 267 If it is startling news, it ‘beats the Jews’ or ‘beats the Dutch’. d. South African. = South African Dutch n. 2. In later use: = Afrikaner n. 2. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of Southern Africa > [noun] > Afrikaner > collectively the Dutch1731 Boerdom1858 South African Dutch1877 volk1880 Amabhunu1883 Afrikanerdom1900 1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope I. v. 57 There are at this Time the strictest Alliance and the closest Friendship subsisting between the Dutch and the several Hottentot Nations. 1776 F. Masson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 305 There is another species of animal called by the Dutch Bles-moll. 1850 J. W. Appleyard Kafir Lang. 10/2 The Dutch language as generally spoken..by the Dutch themselves in the country districts, is very different from the Dutch as used in Holland. 1897 J. Bryce Impressions S. Afr. 76 The second native race was that which the Dutch called Hottentot. 1941 C. W. De Kiewiet Hist. S. Afr. 23 The Dutch were not the first trekkers in South Africa...The Bantu..were the country's original trekkers. 1963 A. Delius Day Natal Took Off 4 We finally got used to calling the Dutch Afrikaners, and even learning a few words in the Taal ourselves. 1976 A. R. Willcox Southern Land 156 They could use certain areas for grazing only seasonally. These were termed by the Dutch Zuurveld. < as lemmas |
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