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单词 blighty
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blighty


blighty

(ˈblaɪtɪ) or

blighty bird

n (Animals) NZ another name for white-eye

Blighty

(ˈblaɪtɪ) (used esp by troops serving abroad) n (sometimes not capital) 1. England; home2. (esp in World War I)a. Also called: a blighty one a slight wound that causes the recipient to be sent home to Englandb. leave in England[C20: from Hindi bilāyatī foreign land, England, from Arabic wilāyat country, from waliya he rules]

blight•y

(ˈblaɪ ti)

n., pl. blight•ies. Brit. Slang. 1. (often cap.) England as one's native land. 2. military leave. [1885–90; < Hindi bilāyatī the country (i.e., Great Britain)]
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Noun1.blighty - a slang term for Great Britain used by British troops serving abroadBlighty - a slang term for Great Britain used by British troops serving abroadBritain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
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EncyclopediaSeewhite-eye

Blighty


  • noun

Words related to Blighty

noun a slang term for Great Britain used by British troops serving abroad

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  • Britain
  • Great Britain
  • U.K.
  • UK
  • United Kingdom
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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