| 释义 |
Timorese, n. and a.|tiːmɔːˈriːz|
[f. Timor (see Timor2) + -ese.]
A. n. (A member of) the indigenous people of Timor, of Indonesian-Malay stock.
B. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Timor or its inhabitants.
1869A. R. Wallace Malay Archipelago I. xiii. 290 The native Timorese predominate. 1875[see Papuan a. 1]. 1964M. Dickson World Elsewhere iii. 122 The standard of the game was mainly due to the exemplary keenness..of the Timorese and Dusan opponents. 1979Times 28 Dec. 16/2 Left-wing Timorese students..began to return to the island. Ibid., Not a few Timorese are in somewhat uneasy cooperation with the Indonesians. |