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

Kelper

/ˈkelpə

noun informal

A native or inhabitant of the Falkland Islands: like many of the 3,000 other Kelpers, he is a descendant of 19th-century British immigrants...

Kelpers receive random telephone calls from the mainland in the night.
But if there is an oil bonanza, will Kelpers simply sit back and watch the money roll in, as their old way of life disintegrates?
He headed the Falklands Islands Association and the UK Falklands Islands Committee, agitating on behalf of his Kelpers until 1988.

1960s: from kelp + -er¹ (from the abundance of kelp found on the shores of the islands).

单词	Kelper
释义	Kelper /ˈkelpə / noun informal A native or inhabitant of the Falkland Islands: like many of the 3,000 other Kelpers, he is a descendant of 19th-century British immigrants... Kelpers receive random telephone calls from the mainland in the night. But if there is an oil bonanza, will Kelpers simply sit back and watch the money roll in, as their old way of life disintegrates? He headed the Falklands Islands Association and the UK Falklands Islands Committee, agitating on behalf of his Kelpers until 1988. Origin 1960s: from kelp + -er¹ (from the abundance of kelp found on the shores of the islands).
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