英语词汇“rooibaadjie”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

rooibaadjie

/ˈrɔɪˌbɑːdʒi/

South African

noun

1A British regular soldier, a redcoat. Chiefly depreciative. Now chiefly historical.

The term continued in common use after the South African War (1899–1901), although British soldiers were by then fighting in khaki..

2A wingless red insect that is the nymph of the southern African brown locust, Locustana pardalina, in its gregarious phase.

Origin

Mid 19th century. From South African Dutch roodebaatje, literally ‘red jacket’ from Dutch roode + South African Dutch baatje, baadje, etc. ‘jacket’ (Afrikaans baadjie; from Malay badju kind of shirt or jacket (now baju), apparently with alteration of the ending after Dutch -je, diminutive suffix).

单词	rooibaadjie
释义	rooibaadjie /ˈrɔɪˌbɑːdʒi/ South African noun 1A British regular soldier, a redcoat. Chiefly depreciative. Now chiefly historical. The term continued in common use after the South African War (1899–1901), although British soldiers were by then fighting in khaki.. 2A wingless red insect that is the nymph of the southern African brown locust, Locustana pardalina, in its gregarious phase. Origin Mid 19th century. From South African Dutch roodebaatje, literally ‘red jacket’ from Dutch roode + South African Dutch baatje, baadje, etc. ‘jacket’ (Afrikaans baadjie; from Malay badju kind of shirt or jacket (now baju), apparently with alteration of the ending after Dutch -je, diminutive suffix).
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