单词 | babu |
释义 | babu[ bah-boo ] / ˈbɑ bu / nouna Hindu title of address equivalent to Sir, Mr., or Esquire. a Hindu gentleman. a native Indian clerk who can write English. Usually Disparaging. any native Indian having only a limited knowledge of English. Also ba·boo . Origin of babuFirst recorded in 1875–80, babu is from the Hindi word bābū usage note for babuThe term babu English refers to florid, overly polite, and unidiomatic English regarded as characteristic of native Indians who have limited proficiency in English. Words nearby babuBabo's law, babracot, Babruysk, Babs, Babson, babu, babul, Babur, babushka, Babuyan Islands, baby Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for babuBritish Dictionary definitions for babubabu / (ˈbɑːbuː) / noun(in India) a title or form of address more or less equivalent to Mr, placed before a person's full name or after his first name Word Origin for babuHindi, literally: father Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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