单词 | Gallic |
释义 | Gallic From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Nationality & raceGallicGal‧lic /ˈɡælɪk/ adjectiveSANrelating to or typical of France or French people Gallic charmExamples from the CorpusGallic• It is evident from the Gallic and Rhenish religious sites that some were very large and comprised many shrines and small temples.• He towered over everybody like a strapping Gallic chieftain.• It was certainly of considerable importance in the sixth-century Gallic Church.• Our Gallic neighbours sipped disdainfully at orange juice.• He came out only two years ago, a move greeted by Gallic shrugs rather than Anglo-Saxon hysteria.• De Lattre was a Gallic version of MacArthur.• He usually left me floundering in his voluble Gallic wake.Origin Gallic (1600-1700) Latin Gallicus, from Gallia “Gaul”, ancient country in Western Europe |
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