请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 tawny-moor
释义 ˈtawny-moor Obs.
[f. tawny + Moor n.2: cf. Blackamoor.]
A name given to the tawny or brown-skinned natives of foreign lands; prob. originally to natives of northern Africa.
1603Owen Pembrokeshire v. (1892) 42 They seeme more like tawney Moores, then people of this lande.1650R. Stapylton Strada's Low C. Warres i. 22 Military Revells: wherein the Emperour himself ran a tilt, habited like a Tauny-moor.1686J. Dunton Lett. fr. New-Eng. (1867) 27 Tho' he was a Tawney-more Indian, yet he was a Converted one.1717S. Centlivre Bold Stroke for Wife i. i. (1749) 14 There's a Black, a Tawnymoor, and a Frenchman. [1849A tawny Moor: see Moor n.2 1.]
随便看

 

英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/22 15:21:02