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

Shelta

/ˈʃɛltə

noun [mass noun]

An ancient secret language used by Irish and Welsh Travellers and Gypsies, and based largely on altered Irish or Gaelic words.Words from Romany (originally an Indian dialect), Shelta (the cant of the Irish tinkers), Yiddish, back slang, rhyming slang and other non-standard English are interspersed with words of Italian origin....

Their 7,000-10,000 descendants still speak the secret Traveler language, a dialect alternately known as Shelta, Gammon, or Cant, which includes elements of Irish Gaelic, English, Greek, and Hebrew.
American Travellers' Cant was originally also Shelta but is now largely Anglicized.

Origin

Late 19th century: of unknown origin.

单词	Shelta
释义	Shelta /ˈʃɛltə / noun [mass noun] An ancient secret language used by Irish and Welsh Travellers and Gypsies, and based largely on altered Irish or Gaelic words.Words from Romany (originally an Indian dialect), Shelta (the cant of the Irish tinkers), Yiddish, back slang, rhyming slang and other non-standard English are interspersed with words of Italian origin.... Their 7,000-10,000 descendants still speak the secret Traveler language, a dialect alternately known as Shelta, Gammon, or Cant, which includes elements of Irish Gaelic, English, Greek, and Hebrew. American Travellers' Cant was originally also Shelta but is now largely Anglicized. Origin Late 19th century: of unknown origin. Rhymes belter, delta, helter-skelter, melter, pelta, shelter, swelter, welter
随便看	other man otherness other (or all) things being equal other place other rank other ranks other-regard other-regarding other-regardingness other side othersider othersome other than other thing othertime othertimes otherwards otherways otherwhat otherwhere otherwheres otherwhither otherwise otherwise-minded otherwise-mindedness

Shelta

Origin

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